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dc.contributor.authorDell, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:26:06Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:26:06Z
dc.date.created2010-09-19T20:03:28Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationDell, Peter. 2010. Two economic perspectives on the IPv6 transition. info. 12 (4): pp. 3-14.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46263
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/14636691011057046
dc.description.abstract

Purpose – IPv6 is the replacement for the Internet’s incumbent protocol, IPv4. IPv6 adoption is required to allow the Internet to continue to grow; however, there has been almost no uptake since its standardisation in the late 1990s. This paper seeks to explain how this non-adoption may be a consequence of current policies paradoxically intended to promote IPv6. Design/methodology/approach – Economic theories of exhaustible resources and permit markets are used to provide an explanation for the lack of adoption of IPv6. Findings – The current policy approach will not yield a significant adoption of IPv6 until after the IPv4 address space is exhausted and may also constrain Internet growth after IPv4 exhaustion occurs. Practical implications – Current policies intended to promote IPv6 diffusion through the Internet must be reconsidered. The economics of permit markets in particular can inform discussions about IPv4 address transfer markets. Originality/value – Economic analyses of IPv6 adoption are almost non-existent and very few prior studies are known. This paper helps to rectify this important gap in the literature.

dc.publisherCamford Publishing Ltd
dc.subjectexhaustible resources
dc.subjectIPv6
dc.subjecttechnology diffusion
dc.subjectIPv4
dc.subjectpermit markets
dc.titleTwo economic perspectives on the IPv6 transition
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage3
dcterms.source.endPage14
dcterms.source.issn14636697
dcterms.source.titleinfo
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The definitive version is available from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

curtin.departmentSchool of Information Systems
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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