Wireless IPv6

Tue Dec 28 17:49:37 UTC 2010

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Cameron Byrne <cb.list6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I googled around and could not find anything on this.  Can anyone
> share their experience with IPv6 on the Verizon's LTE network?  It is

I had thought the capable devices weren't hitting the market for ~2-3
weeks still?[0]

> my understanding that it would be a dual-stack service, but i have not

The hype and the reality... maybe not the same thing :( I suspect,
reading the wording of the press releases and such the devices and
network gear are supposed to be v6 capable, that doesn't mean they'll
be deploying v6 on day-0 :( I'm personally taking a 'show me' stance
on this, I HOPE vzw does the right thing and launches with v4/v6
dualstack on the devices in all regions where deployment happens. I
don't have much hope that this will actually happen though :(

> seen any screenshots or reviews that mention anything about IPv6 at
> all from a users perspective.

I suspect you'll see something like a private-ipv4 and maybe
public-ipv6, but that's just a guess on my part.

-chris

0: <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/112310-verizon-lte-launch.html>
- CES[1] stated timeframe for 'smartphones' to launch on LTE
1: <http://www.cesweb.org/> - Jan 6-9 - so ~2wks till launch of LTE
smartphones on vzw.