[6bone] pTLA request by NECTEC-TH - review closes 10 March 2003

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:59:48AM -0600, Jonathan Guthrie wrote:
> > As soon as IPv6 connectivity is a commodity item (hopefully soon) this
> > point seems moot to me.
> 
> Well, from where I sit, it appears as if IPv6 is perhaps a decade away
> from being available and maybe two more from being a "commodity item".

Ummm.  It depends very much where you sit, indeed.  I think Japan is
nearly there.  Europe is moving.  The US is waiting for a flag day (or
something).

> There is absolutely no evidence that I can find that ANYBODY is offering 
> IPv6 Internet connectivity to end users.  Perhaps the backbone providers
> have it on their routers and speak it to each other, but it sure hasn't
> filtered down to anybody else.

We're offering it to all our customers, for no extra charge on top of
what they pay for their IPv4 account.  Admittedly we can't yet offer it
on all products (some hardware vendors are just not there yet), but on
the other hand the demand hasn't been overwhelming either...

(Who's "we"? - We're a regional ISP in Germany.  Overall, IPv6 support
among the smaller ISPs in Germany and the whole european region is 
growing pretty quickly.  It's not yet "omnipresent" - far from that - but 
I am pretty optimistic.)

Gert Doering
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