Ca By wrote:
Google’s number represents how many users reach it over ipv6. Given Google’s ubiquity in the usa, it is a fair barometer for the usa at large.
Given google's popularity on handheld platforms, the users of which tend to be much less sensitive to IPv4 translation mechanisms and have a much higher penetration of native v6, I would restate that a bit more conservatively as
Google's statistics are likely a fair barometer for USA usage in the large content provider arena which have a strong mobile representation.
Reading anecdotal Nanog mails from a handful of folks concluding ipv6 has failed will not leave the passive impartial observer with an accurate view.
Its incontrovertible that IPv6 has racked up a long list of failures in its original objectives, expectations, predictions and timelines, even up to this point.
I am not really convinced that IPv4 can be ignored/marginalized/obsoleted without penetration reaching over 90%, globally. And until that point, IPv6 is an optimization, not a requirement.
Perhaps it will accelerate at some percentage point. But if it drags out for another decade or two, all bets are off.
Joe
