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I recently moved, and was mildly annoyed to find that my ISP didn’t assign me an IPv6 address. Then I remembered that, in order to get one at my previous locati

by zoky 3y ago

I recently moved, and was mildly annoyed to find that my ISP didn’t assign me an IPv6 address. Then I remembered that, in order to get one at my previous location (same ISP), I had to call and specifically request it. That was six years ago. If they haven’t defaulted to giving out IPv6 addresses by now, it’s never gonna happen. I honestly can’t figure out why they don’t, as it has to be cheaper to just do it than make customers call and speak to a representative, given that the technology is clearly in place already. Honestly, though, it’s been over three months and I still haven’t called, as there has been absolutely no reason for me to bother doing so. Like you, I also used to be interested in the rollout of IPv6, but now I just don’t care.

midasuni 3y ago
90% of people just care that google.com works. 90% of the rest want their office vpn to work. The number of people asking for an ipv6 address on the average ISP can be approximated to zero.
anonym29 3y ago
I will be calling to complain if I am not assigned an ipv4 address by default. Very first thing I do whenever I move or get a new router is disable all ipv6. All of my client devices have ipv6 disabled. ipv6 takes a very simple addressing schema and unnecessarily turns it into an entire beeping protocol for no reason. I don't care if I have to write angry letters to senators to pass laws forbidding the sunsetting of ipv4, this is 100% an issue I will go down fighting tooth and nail until I die or ipv6 dies, whichever first.
- throw0101b 3y ago
  > ipv6 takes a very simple addressing schema and unnecessarily turns it into an entire beeping protocol for no reason. IPv6 is simpler than IPv4 in that you don't need to setup infrastructure (e.g., DHCP) to get going.
  - anonym29 3y ago
    You've never needed to set up DHCP to use IPv4.
zokier 3y ago
> If they haven’t defaulted to giving out IPv6 addresses by now, it’s never gonna happen. Never is long time. I bet you that they will be providing ipv6 as default in 20 years from now if they are still in business.

by zoky 3y ago

midasuni 3y ago

90% of people just care that google.com works. 90% of the rest want their office vpn to work. The number of people asking for an ipv6 address on the average ISP can be approximated to zero.

anonym29 3y ago

I will be calling to complain if I am not assigned an ipv4 address by default. Very first thing I do whenever I move or get a new router is disable all ipv6. All of my client devices have ipv6 disabled. ipv6 takes a very simple addressing schema and unnecessarily turns it into an entire beeping protocol for no reason. I don't care if I have to write angry letters to senators to pass laws forbidding the sunsetting of ipv4, this is 100% an issue I will go down fighting tooth and nail until I die or ipv6 dies, whichever first.

throw0101b 3y ago
> ipv6 takes a very simple addressing schema and unnecessarily turns it into an entire beeping protocol for no reason. IPv6 is simpler than IPv4 in that you don't need to setup infrastructure (e.g., DHCP) to get going.
- anonym29 3y ago
  You've never needed to set up DHCP to use IPv4.

zokier 3y ago

> If they haven’t defaulted to giving out IPv6 addresses by now, it’s never gonna happen. Never is long time. I bet you that they will be providing ipv6 as default in 20 years from now if they are still in business.