IPv6 enabled carriers?

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Thu Mar 11 22:18:35 UTC 2010


On Mar 11, 2010 2:05pm, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:54 PM, TJ trejrco at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Chris Woodfield  
> rekoil at semihuman.com>wrote:

> >

> >> To pile on in the spirit of "if people don't complain, nothing will  
> change"

> >> - is VZB still insisting on filtering >/32 at their peers? While ARIN  
> is

> >> allocating /40s and /48s directly?

> >>

> >

> > I believe so ... will be even more impactful as LTE gets deployed.



> how so exactly?? LTE is really just a 'last mile' tech... whether it's

> v4 or v6 doesnt' seem to matter (to the fact that it's LTE)


Agreed. But, the hope is that LTE will be a "green field" IPv6 deployment  
both to the end-user device and in the infrastructure. There are some  
material difference in LTE (dual-stack bearers) that make LTE more IPv6  
friendly.



> > Another nit - They are also blocking Protocol41 on their EV-DO network.



> vzw not vzb



> > While this is a 'noble, if poorly thought out, effort' to prevent IPv6  
> from

> > impacting their cel phone users - it kind of messes up those of us who  
> have

> > aircards (and got used to 6to4 for quick and dirty IPv6 connectivity).



> there are other carriers ya know?


And, some of those carriers, are working very hard to deploy native IPv6 to  
the customer, and have beta networks on the air now.

http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/3gv6/current/msg00269.html

-Cameron [t-mobile employee]






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