<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I don’t agree …. we have to work harder to increase IPv6 uptake but the data available does not support these theories<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/21/ipv6_growth_is_slowing_and_no_one_knows_why/" class="">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/21/ipv6_growth_is_slowing_and_no_one_knows_why/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t see how this policy helps the AFRINIC community and do not support it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Omo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 27 Nov 2018, at 08:46, ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE <<a href="mailto:oloyede.aa@unilorin.edu.ng" class="">oloyede.aa@unilorin.edu.ng</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I kind off agree with Daniel Yakmut. This might be the way to force IPV6 into the Africa. Some part of me is also feels it has to be done carefully. <div dir="auto" class="">Thanks</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><br class="">Dr. Abdulkarim A.Oloyede</b>. <i class="">B. Eng (BUK), M.Sc (York), PhD (York), R.Eng, A+</i></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class=""><font color="#0000ff" class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" class=""><i class="">Senior <font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="">L</font>ecturer, </i></font><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" class=""><i class="">Department of Telecommunications Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria</i></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font color="#ff0000" class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" class=""><i class="">Vice Chairman, Telecommunications Development Advisory Group (TDAG), </i></font><i style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif" class="">International Telecommunication Union (ITU).</i></font></span><div class=""><div style="font-size:small" class=""><i style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif" class="">Alternative Emails: <font color="#ff0000" class=""><a href="mailto:olouss@yahoo.com" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(17,85,204)" class="">olouss@yahoo.com</a> OR <a href="mailto:aao500@york.ac.uk" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(17,85,204)" class="">aao500@york.ac.uk</a></font></i></div></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Tue, 27 Nov 2018, 10:08 Daniel Yakmut via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">rpd@afrinic.net</a> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">The support for Inter-RIR Resource Transfer could also be seen in the light that it could also motivate and possibly be a catalyst for rapid deployment for IPv6. I want to argue that the thought that there are still a small pool of IPv4 available, makes users in the AfriNIC region slower in considering the option of deployment of IPv6. Therefore I will support a fast way of exhaustion, which also can be achieved through Inter-RIR transfer. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">By the way we have argued that IP is a global resource that we can share globally. Similarly, in some instances the entities that seek this transfer could be deploying infrastructure that is beneficial to the AfriNIC region. In the business context, keeping IPs and waiting for slow uptake, can not be financially beneficial. So a transfer to an entity that needs it urgently will be provide the immediate finances, which I believe we need in the AfriNIC region.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So my point here is that we should support the Inter-RIR Resource transfer.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">On Nov 25, 2018, at 3:41 PM, Taiwo Oyewande <<a href="mailto:taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-6321835414300208837m_4276652229165865405Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><span class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=""></span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" class="">Inter-RIR Resource Transfers as stated in the policy AFPUB-2018-GEN-003-DRAFT01 is an applauded development and I think will help promote business within LIRs and also help in the speedy deployment and acceptance of IPV6 in Africa. Afrinic has commenced Exhaustion phase 1, but is still an IPV4 haven compared to other RIRs based on the Internet number resource status report prepared by the RIRs </span><a href="https://ripe77.ripe.net/presentations/145-18-0903-NRO-Statistics-2018.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://ripe77.ripe.net/presentations/145-18-0903-NRO-Statistics-2018.pdf</a>. <span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" class="">This is bad for development as most RIRs are now more focused on IPV6 deployment. Some RIRs have exhausted their IPV4 blocks and require IP blocks from neighboring RIRs. With this policy well implemented, Afrinic and LIRs will make substantial profit while Afrinic forces the needful development to the new internet, which is the IPV6.</span></div><div class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Sent from my iPhone</span><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>