Microsoft says:

"Unlike the current IPv4-based Internet, which has a mixture of both flat and 
>hierarchical routing, the IPv6-based Internet has been designed 
from its 
>foundation to support efficient, hierarchical addressing and 
routing."  
>I did a research paper on IPv6 a couple of years ago and one of the talking points from IETF was the the mobility vs hierarchy tradeoff.



>8 byte addresses would provide for more than 4 billion addresses for
>each IPv4 address.    
>
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>> Wayne Johnson,????????????             | There are two kinds of people: Those
>> 3943 Penn Ave. N.????????? | who say to God, "Thy will be done,"
>> Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right,
>> (612) 522-7003????????????             | then,  have it your way." --C.S. Lewis
>
>If you are in the latter camp, I hope on election day you will 
>join the "Thy will be done" camp, and vote yes on the marriage 
>amendment.  Children deserve to have a father and a mother.
>
I concur.  But I know furthering this discussion will likely draw the ire of the readers of this mailing list as being off topic.



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