[members-discuss] New Charging Scheme

For what it's worth... some extra information about IPv6 deployment levels:

On 8/9/11 3:48 AM, Ivan M Makarenko wrote:
> Let me describe the situation from my point of view.
> 
> I think that it is not LARGE members who must be putting forward to
>  deploy IPv6, but exactly a MEDIUM/SMALL. 

We did analysis of "IPv6 Ripeness" in June last year, and Emile Aben 
published the results in an article on Labs:
http://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/content-ipv6-ripeness-sequel

First graph confirms Ivan's opinion:
http://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/images/userfiles-image-v6ripeness-v6-ripeness-category.png

Our of 62 members on "extra large" billing category, 80% had v6 space,
and 40% had all "4 stars" on IPv6 Ripeness; "large" are also above the 
average/median.
You can see that the hight of relative IPv6 Ripeness levels are directly 
proportional to the category size.

Regards,
Vesna Manojlovic, RIPE NCC

> Assuming LARGE members as
>  a (mostly) IP transit operators and M/S as a broadband access, we
>  get an exactly "IPv6 chicken-and-the-egg" problem. In our region,
>  we have enough IPv6 transit operators (most of whom are LARGE),
>  but *no* broadband access IPv6 providers. As I see, providing pure IPv6
>  transit is much more easy/cheap than deploying broadband access IPv6
>  networks - and that's the main issue. Well, if we will reduce IPv4
>  cost for small holders and increase it for large ones, we'll get
>  nothing in terms of "IPv6 popularization". There still will be
>  empty pipes and no content.
> 
> Don't get me wrong and don't blame me as an "LARGE snob" - I consider
>  wiwi model/proposal as fair, but I don't think it could be an elixir for
>  IPv6 development. It is the shortage of IPv4 space that will be the
>  reason, not the "price of IPv4" (and the IPv4 black markets, if any,
>  will regulate themselves).
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Ivan M.Makarenko, Head of Internet technologies division, R&D Department.
>  JSC "Zap-SibTranstelecom", Novosibirsk, Russia