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IPv6, that mythological creature.

tzs 9y ago
It's not all that mythological. Here are the IPv6 deployment percentages for major US IPSs: 53% Comcast 64% AT&T 24% Charter 86% Verizon Wireless 85% T-Mobile 41% AT&T Wireless 33% Cox 47% Sprint Wireless 68% Google Fiber Source: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/ http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/
- Klathmon 9y ago
  I don't believe those numbers for a goddamn second. Verizon tells me they have IPV6, but after talking with techs for over an hour, and going through 3 people that didn't know what I was talking about and were confused because "we can reach your ONT, so your internet should be working!", I finally got to someone who never set it up in my area despite telling me that it was supported. I don't know what it means to be supported, but it sure as hell doesn't mean I can actually use it.
  - ianlevesque 9y ago
    Well, while we're trading anecdotes, Comcast IPv6 just works out of the box here for me and they even fixed their bufferbloat a few months ago.
    - kstrauser 9y ago
      As much as I criticized Comcast relentlessly (and switched to Sonic the moment I was able to), their IPv6 rollout was flawless for me.
      - syncsynchalt 9y ago
        Yep. Been a happy Comcast v6 customer for many years. Flawless rollout from my end.
  - justinsaccount 9y ago
    Verizon Wireless != Verizon FIOS
    - Klathmon 9y ago
      Fair enough, I obviously misread that! But i'm still peeved that they continue to tell me IPV6 is supported, but can't ever get it working, their equipment or mine.
      - paxswill 9y ago
        Verizon (not VZW) have said IPv6 is coming to Fios for about 5 years now. They routers they provide have supported it for about as long as well. Supposedly the hangups include their older video on demand service (and/or set top boxes) not supporting IPv6, and older equipment in some of the earlier deployment areas. Still not a great excuse to not roll it out gradually, but in the meantime I've set up a tunnel with Hurricane Electric and an alternative DNS server to filter out AAAA requests for Netflix (which blocks HE).
- russellbeattie 9y ago
  Interesting... just tried my AT&T Wireless iPhone, apparently I'm in the 59% that doesn't have IPv6.
kstrauser 9y ago
One fifth of Google traffic seems non-trivial: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html
brohee 9y ago
br$ netstat -s [...] ip6: 97835547 total packets received Mythical? It's my laptop, behind a FTTH box configured by my ISP, zero work needed from me.

tzs 9y ago

It's not all that mythological. Here are the IPv6 deployment percentages for major US IPSs: 53% Comcast 64% AT&T 24% Charter 86% Verizon Wireless 85% T-Mobile 41% AT&T Wireless 33% Cox 47% Sprint Wireless 68% Google Fiber Source: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/ http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/

Klathmon 9y ago
I don't believe those numbers for a goddamn second. Verizon tells me they have IPV6, but after talking with techs for over an hour, and going through 3 people that didn't know what I was talking about and were confused because "we can reach your ONT, so your internet should be working!", I finally got to someone who never set it up in my area despite telling me that it was supported. I don't know what it means to be supported, but it sure as hell doesn't mean I can actually use it.
- ianlevesque 9y ago
  Well, while we're trading anecdotes, Comcast IPv6 just works out of the box here for me and they even fixed their bufferbloat a few months ago.
  - kstrauser 9y ago
    As much as I criticized Comcast relentlessly (and switched to Sonic the moment I was able to), their IPv6 rollout was flawless for me.
    - syncsynchalt 9y ago
      Yep. Been a happy Comcast v6 customer for many years. Flawless rollout from my end.
- justinsaccount 9y ago
  Verizon Wireless != Verizon FIOS
  - Klathmon 9y ago
    Fair enough, I obviously misread that! But i'm still peeved that they continue to tell me IPV6 is supported, but can't ever get it working, their equipment or mine.
    - paxswill 9y ago
      Verizon (not VZW) have said IPv6 is coming to Fios for about 5 years now. They routers they provide have supported it for about as long as well. Supposedly the hangups include their older video on demand service (and/or set top boxes) not supporting IPv6, and older equipment in some of the earlier deployment areas. Still not a great excuse to not roll it out gradually, but in the meantime I've set up a tunnel with Hurricane Electric and an alternative DNS server to filter out AAAA requests for Netflix (which blocks HE).
russellbeattie 9y ago
Interesting... just tried my AT&T Wireless iPhone, apparently I'm in the 59% that doesn't have IPv6.

kstrauser 9y ago

One fifth of Google traffic seems non-trivial: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

brohee 9y ago

br$ netstat -s [...] ip6: 97835547 total packets received Mythical? It's my laptop, behind a FTTH box configured by my ISP, zero work needed from me.