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> Most cellphone providers use IPv6. I don't think that's right at all. It might be true in the USA, but that's only like 3 providers, isn't it? I'm in the UK

by geocar 9y ago

> Most cellphone providers use IPv6. I don't think that's right at all. It might be true in the USA, but that's only like 3 providers, isn't it? I'm in the UK and I don't have IPv6 on my mobile or at home. I travel to ROI often and my phone has never picked up on IPv6 address. I was in Italy a couple weeks ago and I never got an IPv6 address. I know I checked because a friend of mine keeps telling me bullshit like this about how real IPv6 is, and I've never had an IPv6 address. I was in Spain at the beginning of the year and didn't get one; and Germany late last year: No IPv6.

zigzigzag 9y ago
But are you roaming in those places? For reasons I don't understand fully but are presumably billing related your IP traffic gets tunnelled back to your home ISP when roaming, or at least, it used to.
TorKlingberg 9y ago
Mobile networks use a lot of IPv6 internally, but that is invisible to the customer. Your IPv4 or v6 traffic in tunnelled inside IPv6 between nodes of the cellular network. That may be the cause of some confusion.
- geocar 9y ago
  If someone thinks I'm driving a car when I ride in a taxi, I would say they're the confused one.
pinjiz 9y ago
In Germany, only Deutsche Telekom (and resellers such as Congstar) supports IPv6 on mobile (for both prepaid and postpaid). And it works great, even when tethering. Since you're from the UK, I suppose you are a Vodafone customer and therefore roaming in the Vodafone network in Germany (which does not support IPv6 yet). On some networks/devices you might have to enable IPv6 explicitly, by setting the APN to IPv4/IPv6. In Singapore, Singtel seems to be the only provider that supports IPv6. Unfortunately only for postpaid plans.
- geocar 9y ago
  I was using Three last time I was in Germany. I just switched to Vodafone because they offer 4G tethering when roaming internationally.
cm2187 9y ago
In the UK I can confirm vodafone doesn't do IPv6

by geocar 9y ago

zigzigzag 9y ago

But are you roaming in those places? For reasons I don't understand fully but are presumably billing related your IP traffic gets tunnelled back to your home ISP when roaming, or at least, it used to.

TorKlingberg 9y ago

Mobile networks use a lot of IPv6 internally, but that is invisible to the customer. Your IPv4 or v6 traffic in tunnelled inside IPv6 between nodes of the cellular network. That may be the cause of some confusion.

geocar 9y ago
If someone thinks I'm driving a car when I ride in a taxi, I would say they're the confused one.

pinjiz 9y ago

In Germany, only Deutsche Telekom (and resellers such as Congstar) supports IPv6 on mobile (for both prepaid and postpaid). And it works great, even when tethering. Since you're from the UK, I suppose you are a Vodafone customer and therefore roaming in the Vodafone network in Germany (which does not support IPv6 yet). On some networks/devices you might have to enable IPv6 explicitly, by setting the APN to IPv4/IPv6. In Singapore, Singtel seems to be the only provider that supports IPv6. Unfortunately only for postpaid plans.

geocar 9y ago
I was using Three last time I was in Germany. I just switched to Vodafone because they offer 4G tethering when roaming internationally.

cm2187 9y ago

In the UK I can confirm vodafone doesn't do IPv6