[sig-ipv6] RE: Which Countries Require IPV6 Support for ISP License?

["Narelle Clark" <Narelle.Clark@optus.com.au>]

> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:36:43 +0800
> From: gopi <gopi@arc.net.my>
> 
> We have discussed and debated this extensively in Malaysia 
> but I have no 
> immediate answers. If MCMC have a set criteria to measure 
> compliance, I am not aware.
> IMHO, it is not the lack of initiatives by the regulator 
> nor enthusiasm by the ISPs but the lack of any immediate commercial 
> demand which is the real issue.

This is true, however any of us could probably claim to be 'IPv6 Ready'
at present simply by having routers that _supposedly_ can run the code.

Whether that code can
- interoperate with anyone else's IPv6 
- be provisioned
- be troubleshooted
- be active in the DNS with tools to update, maintain
Etc etc means a lot more. That doesn't have to be mandated by any
regulators, but in practice these are the sorts of things that are
required to make a genuine service.

Not only that there needs to be real devices, security tools,
firewalls...

Without commercial demand, or real charges for IP addresses (ie cost
savings), these things are difficult to justify.

And I'm one of the converted!

Cheers

Narelle