27 September 2026
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Critics of internet protocol version 6 were initially optimistic that the recently published specification proposing yet another improvement to the protocol that runs the Internet, however, now that it has been implemented, these same proponents say it’s time to roll back to the original again.
“You know, we don’t feel we should really have to update anything or change anything, replace any equipment, or spend all day learning something new” Network Engineer, owner, and full time sawmill operator Cass Hippocrankus of the Wireless ISP Longevous-Line grumbled. “It’s like these ivory tower folks think we have all day to update firmware and spend all of this money replacing my pepwave and my 3com switches. These things may be 20 years old but my customers don’t need anything else, 1Mbps is more than enough for anyone.”.
Elsewhere, a select few operators have opted to simply skip IPv6 move directly to IPv8, although those organizations are few. “These new implementations don’t really seem like they’re terribly well thought out” groused Tommy Edgert, CTO for WarpedWire, LLC, a small wireline ISP and consultancy. “They published code but I kinda figured that after all of the bluster we’d have a much faster, backwards compatible version of a protocol, ya know? I mean, that was the whole selling point, backwards compatible, right? Now all I am hearing is ‘you need a translator for this’ and a ‘shim for that’. Come ON, if I wanted all of that I’d have done IPv6 10 years ago while my production Cisco 6509s could handle the routing table!”. While frustrated, Mr. Edgert plans to double down on IPv8. “No one is going to tell me how to run my network, I don’t care if these stupid talking eggheads say IPv6 is half of the internet traffic. Not mine! I don’t have it enabled!”
Meanwhile, enterprises, which are the brass ring for IPv6 deployment, are also rejecting the new proposal, expert insiders say. Darvish Smerrell, CTO, CEO, and Senior Lead Network Architect at “Darvish Smerrell Technology Unlimited Millennium Pan-Global”, or D-STUMP, a network integrator who specializes in networks of all shapes, sizes, locations, and verticals who has direct experience with this said. “These enterprises, along with those so-called standardization bodies and anyone that disagrees with me all suffer from the same issues, they’re too academic, have too much layer 8, and they won’t listen to me. “Don’t underestimate my experience, I have built literally TENS of networks of all shapes and sizes that are all perfect in every way”, Darvish indignantly exclaimed. “This is preventing literally every bit of progress, and that is all I have to say about that. This conversation is over and I am right.”
While JFI attempted further clarification on the enterprise IPv8 rollout from the D-STUMP sole proprietor, he was unwilling to engage in further conversation.