[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

[David Froble]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>> In article <nrrav8$724$1 at dont-email.me>, "John E. Malmberg"
>> <wb8tyw at qsl.net_work> writes: 
>>
>>> And every residential ISP I have had in the last 20 years in the U.S. 
>>> has a Terms Of Service (TOS) absolutely prohibiting this type of access.
>>>
>>> And of those residential ISPs that also offer commercial service, the 
>>> main difference in the TOS is that they allocate more e-mail addresses 
>>> for a higher fee.  All public servers must either be rented from the ISP 
>>> or another external service.
>>>
>>> Maybe it is different in your part of the world.
>> Thankfully, yes, very different.
> 
> Most of the world is very different in that regard.
> 
> In addition, there are large parts of the where IPv6 is commonplace.  In
> the US, it seemed like addresses were running out, but NAT arrived on the
> scene before IPv6 for the most part.  But much of the rest of the world
> didn't really adopt NAT so enthusiastically, and there were places in Asia
> that got very little IPv4 space and so jumped into the IPv6 train as soon
> as they possibly could.
> 
> In general, home internet service in the US is dreadful, and well behind
> what was available in places like rural Poland five or six years ago.
> And what is most sad is that Americans just don't seem to realize how bad
> it is.
> --scott

I know what to do.  Have a congressional committee to research how our internet 
compares to the rest of the world.  I'm sure the lobbyists for Verizon and 
Comcast will volunteer for the committee.