While one aging application does not constitute 'the Internet', this should
be taken as an early indicator of things that are happing, with more to
come. http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/eol/
Like it or not, the IETF must stop wasting time and effort building new
structures on a crumbling framework. A quick scan of the IESG document queue
shows that the vast majority of the workload is still not seriously focused
on making IPv6 the default protocol.
Methinks you doth protest too much.
The Internet is not dying. It's growing every day. However, both end-users and yes, even service providers, are becoming exponentially stupid with time. They neither understand the issues we believe to be important at a technical level, nor do they care about understanding them anytime soon. The modern Internet is run by marketing, not technical, requirements.
IPv6 will not take off any time soon because neither the end-user nor the service provider sees the need. The moment AOL, Wanadoo, Tiscali, World Online et al shout out "we *need* IPv6" it will happen. Quickly.
So, is it time for some serious lobbying, or do we wait until half the applications out there suddenly stop working?
And out of curiosity, how many people here have migrated their entire network to IPv6 already to set a good example and show how it's done? Yes, thought so.
-- Paul Robinson