> It used to be rare in France, too, but now it seems to be spreading. AFAIK SFR, one of the major ISPs, doesn't even offer the option (paid or otherwise) to av

> It used to be rare in France, too, but now it seems to be spreading. AFAIK SFR, one of the major ISPs, doesn't even offer the option (paid or otherwise) to avoid it. They realised they can sell the ipv4 blocks for far more and most consumers don't know any better or care. At least I keep my ipv4 adres if I keep the connection up (dhcp lease time is ignored, it is 4 hours despite dhcp saying 24). Asking for a ipv6 adres is like shouting into the void and waiting for an echo which never comes.