Hello Terry,

On Monday November 25 2019 22:01, you wrote to me:

 TR> Last I looked, there were a total of 81 IPv6 nodes in Fidonet, I would
 TR> say there a lot more than 200 Fidonet BBS still online.

Yes, but unlike the 81 that are published on my list, which everyone with an
IPv6 connection can check for himself, your 200 is just a guess, not verifiable
fact.

 MvdV>> Then just hope that when your provider makes the switch, you
 MvdV>> won't sudddenly find your IPv4 behind CGNAT. Because then you
 MvdV>> will be in the position of only discovering the roof is leaking
 MvdV>> when the rain seison has started...

 TR> The way IPv6 is being progressed in Australia, I may be dead by then
 TR> and not need to worry about it :)

I didn't realise your remanning life expectancy is that short...

 TR> There are only 2 Australian nodes showing they have IPv6 (Native) at
 TR> present, I really hope IPv6 progresses faster.

There are only 16 listed sysops in Australia. Not counting the Pvt node. Two
out of sixteen is more than 10%. That's more than the global average for
Fidonet.

As I have often mentioned in my end of year articles, there is very little
correlation between the general IPv6 adoption in a country and the adoption in
Fidonet. Several organisations keep track of IPv6 adaption per country. One of
them is Akamai.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/rhv7bst

As you can see, general IPv6 adoption in Australia is 23.3%. In Fidonet
Australia 12.5%. The Netherlands OTOH, 19.7% for the country as a whole,
Fdionet 50%.
Belgium, General IPv6 adoption 50%, but only half an IPv6 node in Belgium.

Not much of a correlation between general IPv6 adpotion per country and IPv6
adoption in Fidonet.

Statistics on small numbers is tricky...

But IPv6 adoption is is picking up speed. If you scroll down on the Akamai
page, you can see the list of countrie and if you click in the '>' in the
circle on the right, you see a graph of the history for the country.

Australia is now 23.3%. But a year ago it was only 14%. And a month ago it was
17%. Ipv6 is growing fast in Australia!



Cheers, Michiel

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