Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers

Wed May 23 02:27:14 UTC 2012

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.

> 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 :(

(cameron's folk aside, where there are still some oddities, at least
you can get working ipv6, and mostly working v4... or working enough
that I can tether my phone and vpn over that connection when
necessary)

-chris

> thanks,
> -Randy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Randy Carpenter
>> <rcarpen at network1.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>>
>> wierd, I could swear someone in my office with a galaxy-nexus-on-vzw
>> was able to browse some ipv6-only sites.
>>
>>