[governance] IPv4, R.I.P.: Europe hits old internet address limits

[Fahd A. Batayneh]

Walid,

I've been asked by my students what is causing this slow shift for the rest
> of the world. I tell them that it is a combination of determination by the
> ISPs and the costs associated with new equipment, software, and solutions
> to maintain a co-existence of both IPv4 and IPv6 (e.g., dual/IP stacking,
> tunneling, etc.).
>

A fact in Jordan is that the government was the first to implement IPv6. Of
course, this has nothing to do with the idea that it should be the
government of Jordan who initiates such new technologies, but the fact that
when we approached some Jordanian ISPs to encourage them to update their
networks so that we can go international using IPv6 (rather than
tunneling), they used to offer us their current free pool of addresses
rather than getting themselves involved. Why?

   - Additional cost.
   - Additional work.
   - Fear of network failure once switching on.
   - Lack of will to learn and create success stories.
   - No additional benefits for the technical engineers (bonuses or pay
   raise)

Fahd
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