> From: Joel jaeggli [mailto:joelja@xxxxxxxxx] > > At least, we should start *trying* to get IPv6 service from hotels. > > We may have a very hard time getting it, but the fact that customers > > are starting to *ask* for it will help make hotels aware of IPv6. > > I see no pointing in asking for something that a hotel agent is going > to > not be able to respond to. > > if you want a brown M & M's crontract you're going to actually have to > work with an agent that can grok and then meet your requirements. [WEG]] Joel, I think this is a spurious line of logic. We already have plenty of "brown M&Ms" requirements. We bring in our own internet access (sometimes by running new fiber into the building). We ask for the ability to take over the hotel's guest room wireless network or at least the uplink. If we get told no, we try (I hope) to ask about their abilities to cope with an extremely high amount of simultaneous internet usage, we ask lots of questions about the technical logistics of putting on a conference of this size, including using their power and cabling to provide wireless in common areas, interacting with their PA system, using their equipment, etc, and the "hotel agent" either answers them directly or finds someone who can. We don't generally work with "Roscoe's Motor Lodge" whose internet service is a single residential AP managed by "my brother Darrel." These are international hotel chains, usually with contracts to national/international corporations to professionally manage their guest internet services. If we ask, the response is likely to be "well, no one's ever asked for that before..." but that should be followed with "...but we'll find out..." Wes George This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf