Frontier rural FIOS & IPv6

Mon Apr 1 00:52:37 UTC 2019

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 4:20 PM Matt Hoppes <
mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:

> Going to play devils advocate.
>
> If frontier has a ton of ipv4 addresses, what benefit is there to them in
> rolling out ipv6?
>
> What benefit is there to you?
>

I love xbox and xbox works better on ipv6,

https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/wed.general.palmer.xbox_.47.pdf

Also, webpages load faster , and i love fast web pages

https://code.fb.com/networking-traffic/ipv6-it-s-time-to-get-on-board/

https://www.akamai.com/fr/fr/multimedia/documents/technical-publication/a-case-for-faster-mobile-web-in-cellular-ipv6-networks.pdf

> On Mar 31, 2019, at 7:11 PM, C. A. Fillekes <cfillekes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Still it's pretty darn good having real broadband on the farm.  One thing
> at a time.
>
> But, let's start thinking about ways to get Frontier up to speed on the
> IPv6 thing.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 4:24 PM Aaron C. de Bruyn <aaron at heyaaron.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You're not alone.
>>
>> I talked with my local provider about 4 years ago and they said "We will
>> probably start looking into IPv6 next year".
>> I talked with them last month and they said "Yeah, everyone seems to be
>> offering it.  I guess I'll have to start reading how to implement it".
>>
>> I'm sure 2045 will finally be the year of IPv6 everywhere.
>>
>> -A
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 7:36 AM C. A. Fillekes <cfillekes at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So by COB yesterday we now officially have FIOS at our farm.
>>>
>>> Went from 3Mbps to around 30 measured average.  Yay.
>>>
>>> It's a business account, Frontier.  But...still no IPv6.
>>>
>>> The new router's capable of it.  What's the hold up?
>>>
>>> Customer service's response is "We don't offer that".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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