Re: IPv4 flag day

["Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM Douglas Fischer <fischerdouglas () gmail com>
wrote:

> Em ter., 16 de jun. de 2026 às 18:34, Aaron C. de Bruyn <
> aaron () heyaaron com> escreveu:
>
> > My local ISP might have technical, emotional, or cognitive impediments to
> > enabling IPv6...but what it anyone going to do about it?
> > They don't listen to customers.
> > Their sole upstream is Lumen.  Gonna get Lumen to refuse to connect with
> > them?
> Or maybe get Facebook, YouTube, Netflix and everyone else to just disable
> > IPv4 (and losing customers)?
> >
> > There's no incentive to "fix" the "problem".
> The person that will begin to solve that you described is you!
> Choosing with your wallet.

I'm not paying 3x the price to get 1/4 the speed when my IPv4-only local
monopoly works just fine.

Was there a backup plan for getting everyone to switch to IPv6, or was
"vote with your wallet" it? ;)

-A
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