[rpd] IPv6 and some cloud providers

[Mark Tinka]

On 31/May/20 19:21, Owen DeLong wrote:

> How does one provide the hardware platform and let the customer run their own OS without also providing the network infrastructure that connects that hardware platform to, well, everything it connects to?


We provide a /126 to all customer deliveries, as well as a /56 or /48
for DIA-type customers, as standard.

The conversion rate (customers that actually configure and use them for
the service we deliver) is well under 5%.

The cloud providers are leading the horse to the water. That's all they
can do.



> The increasing costs and decreasing functionality of IPv4 will drive IPv6 adoption for content providers. That writing has been on the walls for years. If it wasn’t, then it’s unlikely Google/YouTube, Facebook, Netflix, etc. would have put in the effort.

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> Facebook has been particularly forward looking in that they’ve made their IPv4 functionality an edge-service for the declining subset of their user base that is IPv6 handicapped. All of their infrastructure is IPv6 and they have translator boxes at the edge to provide services to those limited to IPv4 only.


My point wasn't about what the content providers are doing for their own
services that we consume. My point was about the platforms they provide
to 3rd parties to deliver their services over.

Mark.