Decius wrote:
] I don't think we're going to replace [IP]
] with something else anytime soon.

The next issue of the Cook Report will include an article
from Farooq Hussain (who used to run the Sprint NAP) in which
he will argue that IPv6 will never be widely deployed.

] ... they ought to be agnostic. The FCC should no more prefer
] IP based solutions than other solutions. ... I don't want
] the government choosing a technological direction, ...

Ideally, the FCC would write policy that encourages innovation
without inherently selecting the winning technology. However,
the government is also a consumer in this marketplace and must
make choices to support its own operations. To the extent that
the impact of this selection affects the marketplace, then the
influence of the government seems unavoidable.

RE: The Paradox of the Best Network