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Many ISPs suck. That’s not controversial. We have to deal with the world we live in, not the world we’d like.
by midasuni 3y ago
Many ISPs suck. That’s not controversial.
We have to deal with the world we live in, not the world we’d like.
- pantalaimon 3y agoThat's why variable length SLAAC has been proposed https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mishra-6man-variable-slaac/08/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mishra-6man-variable-...
- yrro 3y agooh no
- growse 3y ago> Many ISPs suck. That’s not controversial. > We have to deal with the world we live in, not the world we’d like. No we don't. Some choose to just put up with shittiness, others enact change.
- kazinator 3y agoOP here. Your "ISP" is a sysadmin at work who gives you one address to your cube. You otherwise like the work and the team, and the compensation is fine. Now what?
- growse 3y ago> Now what? You advocate for change. You make the case. You might not win the battle, but you're by no means forced to accept the status quo. The more who fight the battle, the more win. The more win, the faster progress, which benefits us all.
- kazinator 3y agoI set up NAT, I move on. If you can solve a problem technically, without involving people, that is best.
- toast0 3y agoPriorities. I don't have to put up with PPPoE in 2023, but it's a hell of a lot less expensive than pulling munifiber to my garage (and the monthly fees for munifiber are higher too, so there's no point in time where it makes economic sense), and consistency and stable addressing is currently winning over the promise of 5g/leo satellite.