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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by spystath on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:52AM (#26177932)
Going through the trouble of implementing CGNAT and skipping IPv6 seems like a partially degraded service for the end user though. It's becoming common practice for ISPs to slap all the users between two layers of NAT and calling it a day. You can't run essentially anything on your network (not even an SSH server) without having to have a server on standby and reverse tunnels. I know there are not enough IPv4s but at least let me having the option to pay for one. Or, you know, give me an IPv6. Otherwise it's practically a networked content consumption service at this point. It's 2021, the "IPv6 is complicated" excuse must stop at some point.
Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by martinald on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:27AM (#26179023)
Honestly, it's not that complicated to set up a L2TP or VPN tunnel to a server with routable inbound IP traffic.

Most people who would know how to set up port forwarding could probably set it up. I think even some routers support it built in now.

Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by BenjiWiebe on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:56PM (#26186230)
That is additional latency, especially if you can't find a VPS near your ISP.
Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by martinald on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:18PM (#26187203)
Fair point but starlink ground stations are all near major PoPs where you won't struggle to find one.