No, it's true the addressing architecture isn't the problem. The uncertainty fear and doubt over all the deployed equipment is the problem. Hence "take off and

No, it's true the addressing architecture isn't the problem. The uncertainty fear and doubt over all the deployed equipment is the problem. Hence "take off and nuke it from orbit" -do a complete replacement. IFF you buy that, why would you replace like (v4) with like? Why not replace with auto addressed self deploying v6 (for instance) which some people have been advocating for at scale, rather than a bundle of assumptions in dhcpv6 static assignment? Sure a lot of things would be static, but you could simplify the NMS burdens massively and reduce your routing complexity in the IGP. It's not a totally silly suggestion and it's not totally sensible either. Light hearted. I doubt any exec in any telco outside of Jio or maybe Comcast would go there. Amongst other things, they'd destroy a lot of capital value doing the Ripley. Well.. the liberated v4 sell replaces some of that until the price crashes..