On 28/05/14 14:29, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:39:24, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> It's off-topic for this list, > > CC: and Reply-To: -offtopic, this time for real :( > Please disregard the other post > Followup to list just puts it straight back there.
>> but I would be very curious to know how >> much extra, on average, people would pay in order to get an IPv6 >> netblock. Maybe it really isn't commercially important. > > ISP: You can get a whole network block for just $AMOUNT per $PERIOD > Customer: I just want my internet to work, why would I need a whole > network block? > ISP: We are switching to this new generation internet which means all > customers will receive entire network blocks instead of a single address > Customer: Then, why do I need to pay extra? Customer is quite right. IP v6 doesn't cost the ISP more; why should he charge the customer more? It's just part of the service. Coincidentally, I had experience of this (lack of) thinking earlier this week. I was (still am) in the market for a new VPS supplier. On recommendations (good support, good throughput, etc) I registered with Heart Internet, a small UK VPS supplier. I went through the rigmarole of installing wheezy, and got round to configuring it. I couldn't get IP v6 to work. Contacted support, and the first droid didn't seem to know what IP v6 was all about. After I explained, he told me "we don't support that, and are never likely to". I then cancelled my registration. Another, more clueful support droid then contacted me to say "we're planning it for 2015, and we'll give you 3 months free service if you stay with us". I pointed out that IP v6 has been mainstream for at least a decade, why would they expect me to wait another year. I have lots of "things" connected to the network, and really need that net block. So, they lost a customer. Apart from the IP v6 issue, they seemed well set up, so I'm quite disappointed it didn't work out. Meanwhile, I've wasted a significant amount of time and effort. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5386065b.5090...@vanderhoff.org
