Well, I don't agree you're not part of the community. Being subscriber and poster to the mailing is a qualifier for being a member :-) Agree with Florian and you. It is needed to say something to remind vendors that market is already asking for IPv6 support. I don't think they should just wait for the demand to come, because then it will be late. So a warning to them is a good thing. Same for software developers, they should realize that they can take advantage of IPv6 NOW, because even if there are no native access providers yet, transition is available in end-hosts. There is no immediate need for low costs CPEs, of course is good to have, but transition tools in end-hosts already deliver the same, until access providers provide dual stack, then of course, CPEs with allow dual stack on the WAN link are needed. Regards, Jordi
De: Patrick Vande Walle <patrick@vande-walle.eu> Responder a: <patrick@vande-walle.eu> Fecha: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:26:09 +0200 Para: <address-policy-wg@ripe.net> CC: <ipv6-wg@ripe.net> Asunto: Re: [address-policy-wg] DRAFT: RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6
Florian Weimer wrote:
* Gert Doering:
2) We urge network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deploy IPv6 across their networks as soon as possible. This deployment must include providing IPv6 access to End Users and ensuring services are accessible by IPv6.
Shouldn't this paragraph target RIPE members specifically? Or, put differently, why are end users and software vendors excluded?
Speaking as an end user, which probably does not qualify me as being part of the "RIPE Community":
Agree with Florian's comments, and I would add hardware vendors to the list. As long as there are no commodity CPEs supporting IPv6, there is no incentive for ISPs to deploy IPv6 to their end users, especially those targetting the home users.
-- Patrick Vande Walle
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