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[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Howorth wrote:

> Hans Witvliet wrote:
> > No, it is yours.
> > Don't use your ISP-IPv6-reluctance for any delay on your side.
> >
> > Around the net you can find reports that failure to provide IPv6 will
> > be a reason for ISP's to go bust. Are you willing to wait for that to
> > happen? And then be forced to move to another ISP?
> >
> > In the mean time, use a tunnelbroker ... [snip] ...
> > My /48 is now independant of my isp,and i can switch to another isp
> > without any re-numbering, Just adjusting my tunnel setup.
>
> I'm pretty ignorant of the issues, so could you or somebody else
> explain how this helps? (perhaps a link to a RTFM/FAQ?)
>
> Surely, if your ISP goes broke then you will still have to change your
> mail, DNS, ADSL login etc credentials anyway (or else the ISP must
> have been taken over seamlessly) so I'm not clear how already having
> an IPV6 connection saves much work.

If you're running services (mail, web, whathaveyou) on your IPv6 range,
a change of provider will mean changing IP-addresses, just like today. 
If you're not running services, it doesn't matter much - just like
today.



-- 
Per Jessen, Zürich (-0.8°C)

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