Yeah … that was an insane chunk of change - the MS purchase of Nortel blocks….
JJ and team at Comcast did a stand up job with IPv6 enablement, promotion of it etc… > On Nov 13, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > *nods* MS spent how much to get Nortel's blocks? > > Comcast is completely dual stacked... as they manage their modems through > IPv6, not IPv4. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > From: "Paul Stewart" <p...@paulstewart.org <mailto:p...@paulstewart.org>> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 4:45:33 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IPv4 auction alternatives? > > Yup .. back in time the major ISP’s were saying “there’s no content on IPv6” > … so the content guys responded and through IPv6 day and other initiatives > answered back. That was several years ago and there has been some progress > but still lots of small and large players who are slow to get moving … I > feel this pain in $$job where only DSL is dual stack (and recently wireless) > but cable modem for example is not ready and it’s going to be a while … > > The content guys care just as much about IPv6 - they consume massive amount > of IPv4 address blocks, especially with even increasing SSL content ….. > > > On Nov 13, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net > <mailto:af...@ics-il.net>> wrote: > > Many content providers that aren't on Amazon are already completely IPv6, > with some dual-stacked elements. ;-) > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > From: fiber...@mail.com <mailto:fiber...@mail.com> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 4:28:57 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IPv4 auction alternatives? > > Content providers like Netflix, Facebook, etc. don't really have any reason > to go IPv6 only. Best they can do is start offering IPv6 access also, on top > of IPv4. > > Many content providers don't care. The pain is felt purely on the ISP side. > The best we can hope for is that enough ISPs deploy IPv6 (only), so that most > content providers can't continue to totally ignore IPv6 in the long term. > > Not that IPv6 support is always sunshine and roses, as can be seen by Netflix > blocking IPv6 tunnels. > > Jared > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 11:05 PM > From: "Paul Stewart" <p...@paulstewart.org <mailto:p...@paulstewart.org>> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IPv4 auction alternatives? > > I’m thinking 5 years or less… what it’ll take to start pushing this heavily > is for someone like Netflix, Facebook etc to go IPv6 only…. great theory that > probably won’t happen unfortunately …. > > > On Nov 13, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com > <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>[mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>]> > wrote: > > That day will come, but I think it is 5 years in the future or more. > > > > From: Cassidy B. Larson > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 11:16 PM > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IPv4 auction alternatives? > > Wonder if I could offer an “IPv6-Only” type of account at a discounted rate. > They'd get their Netflix, their Facebook and everything else that’s v6 > reachable. > If they can’t get to a v4 only site/service, then they can be the vocal ones > complaining to the site owners to get their act in gear. > > > > On Nov 12, 2016, at 10:47 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net > <mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: > > > Except that you literally cannot ‘move to IPv6’ and have happy clients yet. > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On > Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 7:17 PM > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IPv4 auction alternatives? > > > Wow, didn't know that /24's were going for that high. I would move to IPv6 as > fast as I can! > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com > <mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> wrote: > That's actually a pretty good price. > > > > On Nov 11, 2016 6:42 PM, "Dev" <d...@logicalwebhost.com > <mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>> wrote: > Are there any other alternatives than the ipv4auctions.com > <http://ipv4auctions.com/>[http://ipv4auctions.com/ > <http://ipv4auctions.com/>] style websites, which seem like highway robbery > at $3584 current bid for a /24?
