Subj : Re: New rule
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nick Boel
Date : Wed Jul 23 2025 05:10 pm

Hey Michiel!

On Wed, Jul 23 2025 06:48:42 -0500, you wrote:

> It is my understanding that in many parts of the rest of the world
> the situation is different. Many poviders still do not offer IPv6
> and there is no competition between providers.

Keep in mind, there is a fairly large population - and it's probably a bigger population than the people actually interested in IPv6 even - that have no clue what an IPv4 or IPv6 address is, nor do they care if you try to explain it to them, as long as they can stream their TV shows and connect to the internet.. that is all that matters.

> So to all sysops that still have that bit of pioneer spirit left in> them end who are stuck with a provider that offers no native IPv6 I
> say: Use the service of he.net to join the Fidonet IPv6 club!

While I agree with this, some sysops can't even configure their BBS or Golded properly. So if you care to hold their hand and walk them through setting up a he.net tunnel, you're more than welcome to and I commend you for doing so.. but don't get upset when you point them to all of your terriffic Fidonews articles and they get mad at you for pointing them to documentation. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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