This happens quite often.
If you have an analog TV and DTV is deployed, at some point you can't use anymore the analog TV unless you "add" a "converter". This was done with the government mandate.
I recall a Spanish operator that was asking the customers of old "rotary-dial phones" to move to DTMF ones. Customers that don't want to do that, either buy an expensive "adapter" or get their contract canceled, instead of renewed. This needed the government mandate.
I'm sure this happened in many countries, and the "mandate" have a very specific plan, with timing for every phase, such as "no more manufacturing in the country allowed", "no more importing to the country allowed", "no more sales of old stocks allowed".
I perfectly see that at some point, operators can choose to do the same with IPv4: you get a converter (an RFC8585 compatible router) from the operator or from the retail store, or your contract is not renovated.
This is perfectly valid also if at some point governments in their duty to protect consumers, take the necessary steps.
Regards,
Jordi
@jordipalet
El 26/2/20 14:12, "ietf en nombre de Fernando Gont" <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx en nombre de fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
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).
Thanks,
--
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SI6 Networks
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