Re: focussing energies

["EricLKlein" <ericlklein@softhome.net>]

From: "Alain Durand" <Alain.Durand@Sun.COM>
>
> a) the best model is to get ISPs to deploy IPv6 to their customer. No
> transition mechanism is better
> than anything else. Most ISPs won't do it unless there is strong
> motivation:
> - political mandate to do so
> - political incentive (like tax break)
> - customer asking for it
> The first two are outside the realm of IETF. The last one will only be
> driven by the new applications
> requiring/working better with IPv6. Nothing here that this wg can do
> about.
>
Just keep in mind that some governments have mandated that all services be
transitioned to IPv6 by fixed dates (off the top of my head I know that
Japan and the EU have mandated dates) but I am not sure what the penalties
are for failing to meet these mandates.