[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal: Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitateIPv6 deployment

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com]

 the US has aadopted the metric system...  offically anyway :)

--bill


On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 07:41:57AM -0700, Jessica (Jie Yun) Yu wrote:
> >...but do you seriously think that U.S. network operators will circle the
> wagons and go it alone with IPv4 while the rest of >the world goes with
> IPv6?
> 
> Well, it's not unprecedented that US adopts different standard than the rest
> of the world. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system, the
> entire world (except 3 nations) has adopted Metric System for about 40 years
> while US is still using inch-pound system.
> 
> 
> --Jessica
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On
> Behalf Of michael.dillon at bt.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:53 AM
> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Policy Proposal: Dedicated IPv4 block to
> facilitateIPv6 deployment
> 
> > For example, if you think that only fringe elements are 
> > placing their bets on no IPv6, ever, then I commend to your attention:
> > 
> > http://www.renesys.com/tech/presentations/pdf/telecomnext-unde
> > rwood-ipv6.pdf
> > 
> > http://www.renesys.com/blog/2006/03/bashing_ipv6_at_telecomnext.shtml
> 
> That's one guy. The OECD, of which the USA is a member, seems
> to think IPv6 is inevitable. The EU is taking measures to 
> encourage deployment of IPv6. In China, Japan and Korea, the
> major economies of the Asia-Pacific region, IPv6 is already
> deployed and there is government backing for extending this
> deployment. In the USA, the DoD and Federal government are
> pushing IPv6 as the way forward. But I do understand that in
> the USA, businesses are under no obligation to follow the
> lead of the OECD or Federal government, but do you seriously
> think that U.S. network operators will circle the wagons
> and go it alone with IPv4 while the rest of the world goes
> with IPv6?
> 
> --Michael Dillon
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