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Re:IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries by ominous_prime on Thursday February 03, 2011 @11:16AM (#2175254)
I think mobile carriers will be some of the first to transition. The number of devices they need to connect is exploding, and since they have more control over the devices than general ISPs, they can smooth the transition.
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Re:IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries by eli on Thursday February 03, 2011 @11:21AM (#2175278)
Nokia's been pushing IPv6 for a while. It apparently has a significant improvement in battery life because they no longer require devices to check in and renew DHCP leases as often.
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Re:IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries by bryanlarsen on Thursday February 03, 2011 @11:29AM (#2175315)
I'm under the impression that many mobile carriers already NAT their client's devices, so they've already "fixed" their problem.
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Re:IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries by nfriedly on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:20PM (#2176613)
I'm pretty sure T-mobile does something like this. I believe you can get a non-NAT'd address if you specifically ask for it.
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Re:IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries by zaphoyd on Thursday February 03, 2011 @01:12PM (#2175832)
This is happening already. All of Verizon's currently shipping LTE (4G) devices have native IPv6.
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Re:IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries by millar on Thursday February 03, 2011 @04:54PM (#2177087)
Verizon actually require 4G devices to support ipv6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#IPv6_support

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