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Is the Transition to IPv6 a "Market Failure?"
September 2009

Geoff Huston

1. The Background to Dual Stack Transition

2. The Transition Process

3. The "Transition" to IPv4

4. The Transition to IPv6 as a Market Failure

5. Possible Remedies

6. Where now?
































 

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The above views do not necessarily represent the views of the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, nor those of the Internet Society.

About the Author

 
 
GEOFF HUSTON holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. from the Australian National University. He has been closely involved with the development of the Internet for many years, particularly within Australia, where he was responsible for the initial build of the Internet within the Australian academic and research sector. He is author of a number of Internet-related books, and is currently the Chief Scientist at APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry serving the Asia Pacific region. He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board from 1999 until 2005, and served on the Board of the Internet Society from 1992 until 2001.

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