[kictanet] [i-network] Internet IP Addresses running out?

[McTim]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> McTim,
>
> True that we are unlikely to have IPv6 ONLY services soon. But it is also
> true that this could be the ONLY (business) reason to get African
> ISPs/Telcos to adopt IPv6 networks.



My crystal ball says we the Telcos will implement some godawful CGN instead
of native v6.



> The idea that one futuristic day, their customers will one day wake up and
> find that they cannot access some IPv6 only services hosted overseas... and
> then their customers will migrate to Telcos/ISPs that are IPv6 ready (i.e.
> can provide the access to IPv6 only services).
>

That's the theory.  We haven't seen that in practice (yet).


>
> In Africa we find ourselves in a retrogressive "benefit" in that our IPv4
> uptake is so slow that it could take us another 10-15yrs to exhaust -
> meaning we can comfortably afford another 8-10years without actually being
> FORCED to use the new generation IPv6 networks. By that time, the rest of
> the world would have had 10+ solid years of IPv6 technology experience and
> we shall as usual be trying to  play catchup...
>

Maybe.  We do have v6 networks in Africa, we have the expertise (in some
places).  We have 10+ years of v6 experience already.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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