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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by dboreham on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:48AM (#33895694)
> Most ISPs, especially on mobile, have it now or are adding it very soon.

Except Charter/Spectrum in the US.

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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by trynewideas on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:20PM (#33897117)
https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/ipv6-faq:

> IPv6 is available today with an IPv6 capable modem in the majority of Spectrum’s footprint.

Very curious what "majority of Spectrum’s footprint" means in this context.

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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by JshWright on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:59AM (#33895861)
Maybe it's because we're in the former Time Warner Cable/Road Runner part of Spectrum's territory, but we've had IPv6 for years now.
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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:45PM (#33897522)
Sure, as long as you're ok with having a constantly changing prefix. At least that's how it is for home connections and it nullifies nearly all the benefits of v6.
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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by Dagger2 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:14PM (#33900353)
You don't need a fixed prefix to get most of the benefits of v6.

DNS is a thing.

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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:22PM (#33900469)
I can do dynamic DNS on v4 too.

It also complicates firewalls, because now they need to deal with the prefix switching on them and updating their rules to match. As I recall this was only recently added to pfSense.

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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by cloudwalk9 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:42PM (#33897474)
I'm in original Charter territory and have v6
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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by 2000UltraDeluxe on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:31PM (#33897300)
Telia in Finland refuses to enable IPv6 for mobile. I'm sure there's no lack of providers doing the same.
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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by mindcrime on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:52PM (#33897608)
I'm on Spectrum (via TW acquisition) and have had IPv6 for around a decade, if not longer.
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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by api on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:13PM (#33897875)
I have it on Spectrum in Ohio. It may vary by market.
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