Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers

Wed May 23 03:04:43 UTC 2012

----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Randy Carpenter
> <rcarpen at network1.net> wrote:
> > I suppose they are selectively letting certain devices in some
> > areas. I get "der duh, what?" when I ask about it.
> >
> 
> uhm... you asked someone at their kiosks/stores about ipv<anything>??
> you are a very, very brave man.

No... the Business technical support via telephone. They knew what I was talking about, but no idea about what VZW's plans are for it.

> > It certainly does not work on the iPad "3" in Ohio. Not only that,
> > but I can't even pay them to give me a stable IPv4 address,
> > because if you get a static IP, it disables the hotspot
> > functionality. Head-->Wall.
> >
> 
> good times!! mobile carriers live in what seems like a very different
> world from the one the rest of the internet lives in :(

Tell me about it. I would settle for a stable IPv4 address (dynamic is fine, but a "lease" time of something closer to an hour, rather than 2 minutes)

-Randy