MV>> As pointed out before, one does not have to wait for the ISP to MV>> support it. Setting up a tunnel should be within the capabilities MV>> of every Fidonet sysop.
JD> But with tunnel brokers starting to shut down that service that looks JD> rather bleak as well.
Oh, c'mon. There is just one tunnel broker, that MAY shut down. It is not the only fish in the sea. he.net comes to mind and they show no signs of quitting ant time soon. And there are others.
MV>> Then the days of that ISP are numbered. My estimate is that MV>> within five years, IPv6 will be the dominant protocol on the MV>> Internet. Those who do not have IPv6 will miss out on certain MV>> things.
JD> Since it is pretty much the largest ISP in this country, I dont think JD> they will go away anytime soon.
Don't put any money on that. If they do not start with IPv6 soon, they will be out of the race within five years.
JD> They and the other big two ISPs tend to control the market, and either JD> surpress, or buy out startups.
Watch what happens when large parts of the Internet become unreacheable by their customers.
JD> Even though I am no longer with them, I still have to use their lines, JD> and switches, and they control how big a bandwidth I get or the speed JD> at which I can transfer files.
