Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers

Wed May 23 04:06:43 UTC 2012

I have the "4GLTE" LG VL600 usb modem from Verizon on a consumer
data-only $50/month plan and it gives my Windows 7 laptop
a v6 address on both 3G and "4G" connections.  I noticed it
recently when I was logged into the ARIN website since their
site puts a banner across the top when you're accessing via
ipv6; then I tried other sites to confirm it was working.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Carpenter [mailto:rcarpen at network1.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:07 PM
> To: PC
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers
> 
> 
> 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
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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