Re: IPv6 will never fly: ARIN continues to kill it

[Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu>]

>>>>     my persistent question to the enterprise operator is this:
>>>>     how frequently do you plan to switch your isp, or how many times
>>>>     did you do that in the past?
>>>
>>> That's actually irrelevant.  Regardless of the real answer,
>>> enterprises are not willing to buy into vendor lock.
>>
>>     if the management needs to be convinced by the cost, i would suggest
>>     ISPs to price PI advertisement like hell ($$$), so that we can make
>>     the worldwide routing table smaller.
>>     it will help ISPs use smaller peering routers in the end.
>>
>> itojun
> Hear, hear.  We're making binary claims in a grey-scale world of
> economics.
>
> Put the costs on the table and let the enterprises and ISPs fight out
> PI/PA.
>
> - Ralph

The only problem I have with that is that the market tends to not be
very foresighted - it will happily lead itself into a corner from which
escape is quite difficult. 

Keith



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