Re:Reasons for servers to support IPv6
by throw0101a on Saturday January 29, 2022 @10:18AM
(#30126947)
> Wait, if my phone is IPv6, then what does it mean that a site 'supports' v6? I can get on HN just fine.
It means that the phone doesn't have to talk through a network-translation box, which may add latency. For some things (gaming?) this may be important, while for others it may not be.
Further, the price of each IPv4 address is going up, and so having your hosts on IPv6 may allow for the lowering of your costs, which you can pass onto your customers or add to your margin.
About a year ago they were US$ 30/IPv4, and they now seem to be in the $50 range:
Re:Reasons for servers to support IPv6
by fpoling on Saturday January 29, 2022 @11:19AM
(#30127525)
We use VPS from tilaa.com and they charge 2 Euro per extra IPv4 and for the third etc. address per server one needs to submit a technical reason for doing that that they manually review.
It means that the phone doesn't have to talk through a network-translation box, which may add latency. For some things (gaming?) this may be important, while for others it may not be.
Further, the price of each IPv4 address is going up, and so having your hosts on IPv6 may allow for the lowering of your costs, which you can pass onto your customers or add to your margin.
About a year ago they were US$ 30/IPv4, and they now seem to be in the $50 range:
* https://auctions.ipv4.global
* https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales