[146769] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Soucy)
Tue Nov 22 10:06:44 2011
In-Reply-To: <4ECA6C97.6030208@dds.nl>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:05:22 -0500
From: Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu>
To: Seth Mos <seth.mos@dds.nl>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Seth Mos <seth.mos@dds.nl> wrote:
> What is bewildering to me is that each time the system establishes a new
> PPPoE session to the ISP they assign a different IPv6 prefix via
> delegation together with a differing IPv4 address for the WAN.
> Is this going to be forward for other consumer ISPs in the world?
As long as a static allocation can be billed as a premium service,
most providers will unfortunately do it.
I often hear "if you need a static IP, you need business class
server"; bundled with "we don't provide business service to
residential customers".
Almost makes one think there ought to be some consumer protection laws
regulating it.
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Ray Soucy
Epic Communications Specialist
Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526
Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System
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