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Re:There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will ... by cabalamat on Thursday September 30, 2010 @10:31AM (#1743357)
> Every IPv6-aware device in the home will just request a unique address directly from the ISP

No thanks, because unscrupulous ISPs will then start to charge people per device connected. It isn't (or shouldn't be) any of my ISP's business how many devices I have connected, any more than the high-level meaning of the bits I transfer is their business. Their business is to move bits.

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Re:There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will ... by sp332 on Thursday September 30, 2010 @11:03AM (#1743479)
Well yeah, you'd have to buy IPs in blocks of, say 100. If you don't buy them from an ISP, you'd have to buy them from your local RIR in /48 blocks!
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Re:There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will ... by eru on Friday October 01, 2010 @01:30PM (#1747794)
Some parts of the world have competition. So this issue shouldn't stop us globally from getting rid of routers at home.
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