[rpd] A typical conversation with a service provider on v6

[Adam Nelson]

I'm not aware of customers having to pay more for v6.  As I see it, pricing
in Kenya at least is totally unrelated to quality or to v4/v6 capacity.

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On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
> wrote:

> As we have seen, it will take some effort, both time and money to increase
> v6 footprint. It's inevitable in the long-run. But while our v4 addresses
> are not depleted, are customers ready to pay more for V6?
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>
> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
> higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
>
>
> On 16 June 2014 15:15, Guy Antony Halse <G.halse at ru.ac.za> wrote:
>
>> On Sun 2014-06-15 (21:06), Owen DeLong wrote:
>> > It is intended to help inform the community so that
>> >    they can vote with their Franks/Dinars/Dollars/Rupies/etc. and their
>> >    feet.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> The problem, I think, is that not enough people are willing to do this,
>> and
>> will accept a second rate service for the sake of expediency (or, more
>> likely, simply don't see the issue).  That means, financially at any
>> rate, my
>> foot-vote makes little difference.  So if you're going to do this, you
>> need
>> to make sure that the ISP you're leaving knows exactly why.
>>
>> Also this doesn't just apply to ISPs and hosting providers; it also
>> applies
>> to hardware and software vendors too.
>>
>> - Guy
>> --
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>> Africa
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