[rpd] LACNIC reaches final /10 of IPv4 space

[Adam Nelson]

There's a third option - diplomacy.

The Af* organizations (and AfriNIC in particular, ISOC) can get more of
these statistics out into the wider world so that, for instance, a business
in Nairobi knows very quickly which ISPs support IPv6 natively.  Right now
I don't even know where to get that information.


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On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Nishal Goburdhan <ndg at ieee.org> wrote:

>
> On 12 Jun 2014, at 6:29 PM, Noah Maina <mainanoa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > +++ to Policy then, lets draft it :-)
>
> to paraphrase a wise soul who came to the microphone during the academic
> policy discussion last thursday:  "...don't try to use policy to fix an
> operational issue..."
> (my words, not his).  it seemed, at the time, that people generally agreed
> with that sentiment.  this idea strikes me as no different.
>
> those who see the need for IPv6, will deploy it.  AfriNIC is trying to
> spread the word;  let them continue their good work.
> as for the NAT'ters as such...to paraphrase another wise soul:  "i
> encourage all my competitors to run their businesses that way"
> using policy, in the loose manner you describe, is not likely to generate
> the result you want.  others have already explained this before.
>
> --n.
>
> btw, some bits here are seriously OT.  the generic IPv6 discussion list is
> here:
>
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