On 26/2/20 10:22, Stewart Bryant wrote:
On 26 Feb 2020, at 13:03, Fernando Gont <fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 20/2/20 00:59, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
Hi Victor,
Of course, I see your points and I’m not saying that IETF has nothing to do with that, neither that it applies the same to every possible country case. It was just part of this discussion.
I’ve worked for a few governments, on this, with more or less success depending on the case, and most of the time is a matter of the right schedule, not saying the existing services should support IPv6 tomorrow, but “new” or “updated” services should do it in a given timing. This was my point 1.
Regarding 2, I think if a country ban importing or selling IPv4-only products, with a determined time scale (to be studied case by case), is perfectly valid and not impacting global Internet at all. Existing IPv4 services can remain. Products in stock can be sold during “n” months, not afterwards.
Example, SmartTVs without IPv6 could be sold during 6 additional months, not imported anymore after 3 months, etc.
Have e.g. 3G-only mobile phones been banned? Or do users *opt* not to buy such phones for a reason? (there might be an implicit message in the possible answer to this question).
People buy 2G only devices and getting them out of the network and recovering the spectrum is a problem.
I normally buy mobile phones with at least two considerations:
* I get the service I expect (e.g., fast data rate)
* It works where I mean to use it.
That's why I buy 4G-enabled, but do double-check the frequency bands,
since otherwise they just wouldn't work.
Similarly, nobody banned, AFAIK, cassette tapes or floppy disks....
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Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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