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

[Owen DeLong]

Why would they have to pay more?

If anyone is charging extra for IPv6, that's just bizarre in my opinion. I know there were a couple of hardware vendors that tried this for a little while several years ago, but even Cisco eventually came to their senses on this issue.

If you know someone who is charging extra for IPv6, please, let's get the information out to the community so that we can address the issue directly and get it resolved.

Owen

On Jun 16, 2014, at 05:29 , 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?
> 
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> 
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> 
> 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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