[djsumdog]

We needed IPv6 support five years ago. IPv6 is so vital because without it, we'll see the cost of public IPs skyrocket. I'm surprised it hasn't considering two of the places I worked for in the past few years had trouble purchasing IPs for some of their larger data centre offerings.

It's sorta like the network neutrality argument, except you're talking about limits on who can offer services to everyone vs those with newer IPv6 devices and ISPs. You can end up with two different Internets.

[harryh]

What product are you building where you can avoid needing public IPv4 addresses considering that the vast majority of the people on the internet still use IPv4? It seems like you'll still need both for many years.

[wmf]

Often you only need one public IPv4 address and thus it doesn't really matter what it costs.

[harryh]

Yes, I agree with you. Which again makes me wonder why djsumdog considers full IPv6 support so critical. Except for very unusual businesses it doesn't seem to make sense.