It will certainly get their attention ... :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Dillon [mailto:wavetossed(_at_)googlemail(_dot_)com]
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:54 PM
To: Richard Shockey
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: The IETF and the SmartGrid
> Myself and others are deeply concerned by how this effort is
developing.
> There is no current consensus on what the communications
architecture of the
> SmartGrid is or how IP actually fits into it.
>
> The Utility Industry does not understand the current IPv4 number
exhaust
> problem and the consequences of that if they want to put a IP
address on
> every Utility Meter in North America.
>
> What is equally troubling is that many of the underlying protocols
that
> utilities wish to deploy are not engineered for IPv6. We have an
example of
> that in a recent ID.
I've asked the ARIN Public Policy mailing list how people would feel
about
banning the Electric Utility industry (and sub contractors) from
receiving
any IPv4 addresses for use on the Smart Grid. This would include
direct
ARIN allocations and assignment from ISPs.
I think that you are right to raise this issue in discussion since we
badly
need to shine a light on the details of transitioning the Internet to
IPv6.
--Michael Dillon
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