<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div> +1 from me.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"> </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Text like this is very straight forward and simple for all to understand the pressing need. Like William says below here I'd support the text fully!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"> </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Mick</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"> </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Mick O'Donovan | Network Engineer | BT Ireland | Website: <a href="http://www.btireland.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">http://www.btireland.net</a> Looking Glass: <a href="http://lg.as2110.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">http://lg.as2110.net</a> Peering Record: <a href="http://as2110.peeringdb.com/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">http://as2110.peeringdb.com</a> AS-SET Macro: AS-BTIRE | ASN: 2110</div><div> On 26 May 2016, at 15:09, William Waites <<a href="mailto:wwaites@tardis.ed.ac.uk">wwaites@tardis.ed.ac.uk</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote type="cite"><div> Sander Steffann <<a href="mailto:sander@steffann.nl">sander@steffann.nl</a>> writes: <blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Now when that is said, it's always also important to realise that </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">with IPv4 space, the legacy old IP addresses, there isn't anything </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">left; we have a small reserve so new members can get a /22, as we </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">call it, around a thousand addresses, so they can start up a </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">business. But this is not things you can build your future on. The </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">only way to survive in the future is to implement v6 from the start, </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">then you can get some v4 addresses so you can boot strap and still be </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">connected to the legacy Internet, but it is possible today to build </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">v6 networks and have transition mechanisms to v4 and that is the only </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">sustainable way going forward. </blockquote></blockquote> It would be particularly valuable to have such a clear statement. For example, I have tried with limited success to get the Scottish government to require IPv6 deployment as a condition of providing grants to rural broadband projects. It is very difficult to get them to understand that this is very important for new networks, not just nice to have or something of interest to technical enthusiasts. I think a reasonably authoritative statement from the RIPE members would go some way towards convincing them. Best wishes, -w </div></blockquote></body></html>