Re:The world in which IPv6 was a good design
by throw0101b on Monday August 14, 2023 @09:08AM
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> IPv6 adoption is just the traffic shift from desktop to mobile.
There are entire ISPs (in the US) that are IPv6-only for CPE because IPv4 is unavailable and they have to use expensive CG-NAT boxes to deal with IPv4:
There are entire ISPs (in the US) that are IPv6-only for CPE because IPv4 is unavailable and they have to use expensive CG-NAT boxes to deal with IPv4:
* https://community.roku.com/t5/Features-settings-updates/It-s...
*https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35047624
Meanwhile India was 80% IPv6 as of a few months ago:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32798003
The fact that the US and EU just happened to get a bunch of addresses first doesn't mean the rest of the world has the same options available.
More addresses are needed if everyone on the planet is to be able to connect.