Initially those transit providers and ISPs that do offer IPv6 transit will be able to charge for this service as it will be a premium value add. However I can't see this business model being able to last for more than 6 years (through to 2012), and possibly only three years.
After this point in time I expect IPv6 deployment will be standard, and will no longer be a premium service offering - it will be the standard offering, like IPv4 is today. Once IPv4 has become exhausted and you can't actually give a customer an IPv4 address then you definitely wont be able to charge more for IPv6 - otherwise the customer will walk.
So do providers start implementing slowly now, and recoup some of
Agreed. The difference being a provider will always be able to sell QoS. A provider will not always be able to sell IPv4. -----Original Message----- From: Dean Pemberton [mailto:nznog(a)deanpemberton.com] Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2006 11:59 p.m. To: Philip D'Ath Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] Charging for IPv6 To me it's just like QoS. If you need it, you pay more for it. Maybe one day it will be standard, but at the moment it's a 'value add' IPv6 is the same. Philip D'Ath wrote: their
investment while they can, or wait till they are forced to do the upgrades and are not able to recoup any of their "new" investment. Rhetorical question.
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