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I suspect the big reason it hasn't happened yet is it would require ISPs to replace tens of thousands of dollars of hardware and it would increase support reque
by cbhl 9y ago
I suspect the big reason it hasn't happened yet is it would require ISPs to replace tens of thousands of dollars of hardware and it would increase support requests in the short term ("site XYZ is broken but it's fixed when I turn of IPv6").
- swift 9y agoIs the hardware you're talking about the network equipment controlled by the ISP, or the routers and modems in customers' homes? I'd be surprised if the former hadn't been IPv6-ready for many years now, but I can imagine many customers are still using ancient hardware left over from when they first signed up for service.
- tsomctl 9y agoIf you have cable, a number of providers have been making customers upgrade to the newest modem. A single old modem that doesn't support docsis 3 will slow down everyone in your neighborhood.
- curiousGambler 9y agoReally? Interesting... can you elaborate/provide some reading? I'm a software engineer with a smidge of basic networking experience so not completely clueless, but definitely inexperienced with DOCSIS and this sort of residential networking stuff.
- derefr 9y agoThat, and—unlike TLS—there isn't any class of business-destroying vulnerability whose easy solution is IPv6.
- lima 9y agoISPs love IPv6 because they lack IPv4 addresses. Here in Germany, you no longer get IPv4 addresses from Unitymedia.