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IPv6 Transition to Cost US $75 Billion?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the helping-the-national-debt dept.

darthcamaro writes "There are alot of reasons why the US isn't moving as quickly as Japan and Europe in migrating to IPv6. One of those reasons is likely cost. An article on Internetnews.com cites an unreleased 'Dept. of Commerce report estimating it will take $25-$75 billion to pay for the transition.'"

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  1. That's nothing... by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nothing.

    With all the money we've saved from taxes well be able to... ohh wait, nevermind.

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  2. Outrageous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Twenty-five to Seventy-five Billion! That's maddness! Why ... we'd have to cancel the war in Iraq for a month or two to pay for that!

    K

  3. Sounds Like BSA Estimate by faqmaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who did that estimate? The BSA?

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  4. And the contract goes to... by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haliburton's new IPv6 division.

  5. Re:$25-$75 billion by metternich · · Score: 5, Funny

    $50 Billion here, $50 Billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money...

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  6. Where's this cost coming from? by jd · · Score: 4, Funny
    • Windows Updates: Free. Microsoft Research already provides a stack which is (therefore) already paid for.
    • Linux Updates: Well, you want the USAGI patches if you want top-of-the-line IPv6 support, but either way it's free.
    • *BSD Updates: The KAME stack is already in there.
    • Cisco Updates: Any reasonably recent version of IOS or PIX will have IPv6 as standard. Therefore it's already paid for, therefore it is free. If you've already got a support contract, updating the firmware should also be free.
    • E-Mail Updates: Most e-mail clients (and servers) should already support IPv6
    • Web Updates: Apache is about the only server that matters and that already supports IPv6. I believe all the major clients do, too
    • Multiplayer Games: Probably the one area that doesn't have IPv6 as standard, but it should be possible to provide IPv4-over-IPv6 tunnels for those


    As far as I can tell, the sum total cost for all of this uber-expensive upgrade would cost (in old English currency) about 2'/6, and would take the United States less time than it currently takes for Joe Average to reboot from a BSOD. For this reason, I would like to make the US Government and the various Internet providers a special deal. I will set up IPv6 for them, with full one-year warranty, for a mere $15 billion, paid in advance. If this sounds satisfactory, just mail me the keys to the server rooms and passwords for the servers and routers, and I'll get started.

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  7. Re:$25-$75 billion by mctk · · Score: 5, Funny
    (not that I claim to know what I'm talking about here, but it sounds right in theory at least)

    Ahh, the old slashdot EULA.

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  8. Re:$25-$75 billion by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    7/10 people prefer to make estimates on things they know nothing about.

  9. Re:$25-$75 billion by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny

    New new !
    3Com hubs now IPv6 compatible !
    Upgrade now !

    Don't be left behind with your old crappy IPv4 hubs, our new hubs are ready for the Internet of the future !

    Upgrade now for $99.95 !

    (hum)

    Yes, well, it would work with a lot of users)

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