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What I don't understand is why governments seemingly ignore this problem ?? Look at what they did with broadcast digital TV : it was announced that it would be
by BlueTemplar 4y ago
What I don't understand is why governments seemingly ignore this problem ??
Look at what they did with broadcast digital TV : it was announced that it would be illegal in a couple of years to sell hardware not compatible with the new standard, then a couple of years later on illegal to sell hardware compatible with the old standard...
- bert64 4y agoSome are... China, India, Israel all mandate IPv6 support from ISPs in their territory and the equipment they provide to users, as do some others. The US has mandated IPv6 support for federal contracts since 2009, although they don't get involved outside of those directly providing services to the government itself. They now have plans to go IPv6-only, and eliminate the use of legacy IP within the federal government. Allocation of legacy address space was always based on first come first served, so developed countries got the lions share of address space and left developing countries with scraps. This creates a severe inequality, and holds developing countries back. This is also why India and China are leading, as they have a huge disparity between their population and the number of legacy addresses available.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoYeah, though I've heard that Africa is being left out, once again ? (Though the sooner we ban IPv4, the sooner they will stop using it too...)