Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers

Wed May 23 02:07:12 UTC 2012

Not only does Verizon *not* have IPv6 on their LTE network, they also do *not* have IPv4, except for double-NATed rfc1918 crap that changes your IP address every couple minutes. The only way to get a stable connection is to pay them $500 to get a static public IP address.

thanks,
-Randy

----- Original Message -----
> IPV6 is present, to my knowledge, on all devices on the Verizon IPV6
> LTE network.  I noticed its using it to communicate to Google for
> many
> of it's services when I ran a netstat.  I believe they mandated
> support for it from any certified device.
> 
> Unfortunately, it's still firewalled.
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Paul Graydon
> <paul at paulgraydon.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 05/22/2012 01:21 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> >>
> >> On May 22, 2012 4:00 PM, "Paul Porter"<paul.porter at gree.co.jp>
> >>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi NANOG,
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking for some information on the four largest US mobile
> >>> phone
> >>> carriers and the current state of their IPv6 infrastructure.
> >>> Specifically,
> >>> we are trying to figure out:
> >>>
> >>> 1.  How much of the carrier core and edge for AT&T, Verizon.
> >>> T-Mobile,
> >>> and
> >>> Sprint are on IPv6 now?
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> T-Mobile USA has native ipv6 to all subscribers in all of it's
> >> coverage
> >> area. But, less than 1% of subscribers use IPv6 because they do
> >> not have
> >> an
> >> IPv6 capable phone. The Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus work well.
> >>
> >> This device challenge will improve in time.  Samsung is doing a
> >> good job
> >> of
> >> bringing IPv6 to Android devices. More info here
> >
> > That's interesting.  I have a Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile USA and it
> > doesn't
> > get an IPv6 address, only IPv4.  Works fine with IPv6 over my
> > wireless
> > network at home.  Doesn't seem to be anything obvious in the
> > settings to
> > enable or disable that.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> 
> 
> 