high speed DSL connectivity

[waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:22:20PM -0400, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote

> And there is a _considerable_ cost to jumping to IPv6, in that there is
> a whole lot of hardware out there that doesn't know about it.  
> 
> Routers, and legacy boxes running all sorts of OSes (possibly even
> including Linux!) that would be inconvenient and expensive to upgrade.

  *EXACTLY* !!!  Imagine that you're a top exec at a *HARDWARE COMPANY*
like IBM (hoarding 16 million IP addresses), Apple (another 16 million),
or HP (32 million!!!).  You have a choice between...

  1) Returning millions of IP addresses that you don't really need,
     thereby lengthening the lifespan of IPV4

  2) Hanging on to your unneeded IP addresses, and forcing an earlier
     adoption of IPV6, which will force companies to buy, buy, buy your
     hardware, and your stock-options to rise.

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