Subj : WinPoint Version 404 IPV5
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Al Thompson
Date : Sat Mar 26 2022 02:58 am
on *11.03.22* at *9:57:46* You wrote in area *WINPOINT*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"WinPoint Version 404 IPV5"*.
MvdV> When the transition is completed. I am referring to the fase that
MvdV> "everyone" already has IPv6 but IPv4 is not switched off yet. When
MvdV> providers start thinking "can we switch off IPv4 yet? they will look at
MvdV> their customers. They will see: Hmm. customer Schattkowsky still uses
MvdV> IPv4. So we can not switch off IPv4 yet..."
If that is going to be the determining factor, I suspect it will be decades before it happens. There are hundreds of thousands of security systems, thermostats, ATMs, POS systems, refrigerators, TVs, vending machines, etc. that currently populate the IPV4 space, and will likely last for quite some time. A push to force all of those users to upgrade their device for no benefit to them will meet a lot of resistance.
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* Origin: What's the Point (1:229/426.27)