Why do we still need IPv4 when we are migrating to IPv6...

[Richard Hartmann]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Tore Anderson <tore at fud.no> wrote:
> How to introduce it to existing customers, you might ask? Maybe just
> ask them? Send an SMS saying 20% off your next bill if you give up your
> IPv4 address (and enable IPv6?), pointing out it's not binding and can
> be re-enabled at any time. Or introduce a new invoice item for IPv4
> with a symbolic charge, reducing the base fee accordingly so the total
> stays the same. Inform them that the IPv4 charge can go away if they
> disable the public IPv4 option in the customer portal.

Price reductions will be something he can not decide on his own.

That being said, calculating the cost of new IPv4 plus adding it to
the available pools versus the one-time reduction in income may be a
good way to influence this internal discussion.


Richard


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Richard