Am glad that Uganda has picked this up. Indeed the current IPv4 numbers are so depleted that estimates show that the last bunch (slash /8s of IPv4) numbers from IANA (or ICANN) will be distributed some time in Q1, 2011.
You can check this some of these Statistics on the AfriNIC or other sites below: http://www.afrinic.net/statistics http://ipv6.he.net/statistics/
@Ronald, Yes we have no reason to panic in as far as what to do next is concerned i.e. adopt IPv6 the next generation internet protocol. BUT we have EVERY REASON to worry because the adoption in Africa is extremely poor. What
means is that as the developed economies adopt IPv6, at time will come when they may opt to run IPv6 ONLY services and then African Users will begin to wonder why they are unable to access services (e.g. youtube, cnn.com, twitter etc)
@ Wire, IPv4 depletion and assosciated challenges are as real as u and me. This is no Y2k hype - even though I trust that the Y2k hype did help stimulate some action that historians are left to judge whether that indeed is what saved the world ;-)
walu.
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From: Ronald Kato <katoronald@gmail.com> Subject: [i-network] Internet IP Addresses running out? To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network@dgroups.org> Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 1:44 PM
Yes it it is true that IPv4 addresses are getting depleted so fast but steps are being taken to embrace IPv6 and this is through emerging technologies being able to support IPv6. Right from new new laptops and other network devices to new versions of applications and operating systems, they are all now built to support IPv6.
It is up to the ISP,government and all relevant bodies to inform the
Quite true, Wals.., Telcos/ISPs still abit lethargic and have other priority areas at the moment. Perhaps this doesn't really quite seem an urgency as it should. Harry _____ From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 8:43 AM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] [i-network] Internet IP Addresses running out? McTim, True that we are unlikely to have IPv6 ONLY services soon. But it is also true that this could be the ONLY (business) reason to get African ISPs/Telcos to adopt IPv6 networks. The idea that one futuristic day, their customers will one day wake up and find that they cannot access some IPv6 only services hosted overseas... and then their customers will migrate to Telcos/ISPs that are IPv6 ready (i.e. can provide the access to IPv6 only services). In Africa we find ourselves in a retrogressive "benefit" in that our IPv4 uptake is so slow that it could take us another 10-15yrs to exhaust - meaning we can comfortably afford another 8-10years without actually being FORCED to use the new generation IPv6 networks. By that time, the rest of the world would have had 10+ solid years of IPv6 technology experience and we shall as usual be trying to play catchup... walu. --- On Sun, 12/5/10, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote: From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [i-network] Internet IP Addresses running out? To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu@yahoo.com>, "KICTAnet KICTAnet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 5:58 PM Walu, it is highly unlikely that we will see v6 only services anytime soon. There is no business case to run v6 only, since most folk will be dualstacked going forward. In any case, here in £frica, we will have a much longer time before our RIR exhaustion date due to our low v4 burn rate. Rgds, mctim On 12/5/10, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote: these public
about the need to adopt IPv6. Many are still are still unaware about the existence of IPv6 let alone how it is used and assigned.
Lastly, with IPv4 to IPv6 tunneling, we will have both addressing schemes able to communicate with one another.
Ronald, you shouldn't worry as steps have already been taken to cover the IPv4 depletion.
R Ronald
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Fred Bbaale <bbaale@gmail.com> wrote:
James,
Augment yr reasoning. It would be self defeating for you to just wish
away the problem.
Fred.
On 12/5/10, James Wire <lunghabo@gmail.com> wrote:
Ronald
I consider that FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt). It is the same scare
tactics that were used by large IT corporates to make money when the
countdown to the year 2000 started in the last decade. Alot was blown
out of proportion and when the Y2k arrived, everything passed incident
free. I am sure Eng Elisha who has the head of the Ugandan Y2k task
force can agree with me on this.
Wire
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 07:41 +0100, Ronald Wejuli wrote:
Hi Folks
ARIN has stated that Internet IP addresses are at critical levels. The
numbers are shockingly low and ARIN has stated that there is only
2.73% left out of the millions of IP addresses currently in use.
With so little IPv4 address space left in the global free pool, ARIN
continues to emphasize the need for all Internet stakeholders to adopt
the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6. However, with slow
IPv6 adoption rates amongst ISPs and private industries, we may run
into a serious problem next year if the remaining IP addresses are
depleted.
RW
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