Keith Davidson wrote:
To that end, is there an enthusiasm within the NOG for NZ to be leaders, or are we content to be followers in the transition? Is IPv6, as in development of the roadmap to deployment in NZ a useful subject for the NOG conference in January, or who do InternetNZ have to provide beers to, to get the subject on the agenda?
IPv6 was on the agenda this year. Dean (and David?) spoke about their work with v6. I can't recall other talks this year, but they probably happened. I think there is great enthusiasm within the NOG, as we're geeks who like to play with cool toys. However, I don't see a business case for real world deployment in the near future. It would probably be beneficial for organisations to play with v6 in their labs, to test new equipments' v6 support, and to learn about it for when such a deployment /is/ feasible. Perhaps InternetNZ want to consider a bulk order of "Intro to v6" books like they did for Multicast in '04, and subsidise some lab kit, or provide v6 training and access to a v6 lab somewhere. No doubt someone can build v6 in to their network and that can be their differentiating factor, but I don't see that having much appeal to non-geeks until a killer-app comes along that only supports v6 as a transport. Maybe some kind of video delivery service, or p2p app, who knows. Get your thinkin' caps on. Maybe have a word to Google about building six-tube. It doesn't necessarily have to be a technical reason why v6 is required, but it has to make sense from a business POV that the restriction is built in to the protocol/software. Perhaps the recently-web-2.0-ified Wellington TNC website can have v6-only content. Anyway, keep providing updated numbers, and from time to time having these discussions to remind people, and I'm sure it'll happen when it needs to. -- Nathan Ward