Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers

Wed May 23 21:07:13 UTC 2012

Looks like some devices have it enabled, and some do not.

Does anyone have hotspot enabled? I am curious as to if IPv6 is being done via the hotspot, and how they are handling the prefix delegation.

thanks,
-Randy

----- Original Message -----
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> http://i.imgur.com/c0Bmz.jpg
> 
> From a few minutes ago...
> On May 23, 2012 2:58 PM, "Frank Bulk - iName.com" < frnkblk at iname.com
> > wrote:
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> 
> Here's a screenshot from 15 months ago:
> http://www.fix6.net/archives/2011/02/21/ipv6-live-on-verizons-lte-network/
> 
> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Carpenter [mailto: rcarpen at network1.net ]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:07 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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