TL> My long term dual stack future is assured at this stage,
For how long? 10 years? After that it probobly won't matter any more.
TL> my ISP has a good supply of IPv4 and is geek friendly.
Then let's hope it won't be the life time of your ISP that is the deciding factor. Here the small ones are almost all eaten by the big ones. And then it becomes less geek friendly.
My choice is limited. My present ISP has a quasy monopoly in my situation. They offer a good deal regarding price speed and content but they are not geek friendly. They are not geek hostile either though. ADSL is not really in option here with te 70+ year old copper in the street. It can not compete with the coax. And no fiber in sight...
TL> I suspect if they start moving customers to DS-Lite, they will still TL> have an option for those who want to keep their public IPv4 at a TL> modest extra cost.
That would be nice. In the longer run, you may run into the problem of hardware manufacturers gradually dropping support for IPv4. But then again, by the time that happens, it probably won't matter any more.
MvV>> So... with every change to my system I ask "will it still work MvV>> if I loose my public IPv4 address"?
TL> That sounds like a good question.
I should rephrase that. s/if/when/ Because seeing the signs on the wall, I expect it will be a matter of "when", not "if".
