[arin-discuss] ipv6 technology supplier phone bank?

[Paul Vixie]

> From: "Tony Hain" <alh-ietf at tndh.net>
> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:17:54 -0700
> ...
> > IPv6 is just the latest thing that ISPs are going to have to do that
> > is going to cost more money, and deliver nothing in exchange. 
> 
> This is the short-sighted view of people that can't see past next
> quarter.  Unfortunately most people are in this space, and will run right
> up to the end of the free pool before they acknowledge that they need a
> plan for the following quarter. People that insist on having an extremely
> short term ROI will never understand the concept of avoiding a boxed
> canyon.

if one's competitors are doing short-horizon planning, then how can someone
win new business without participating in this kind of "race to the bottom"?