[146784] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Nov 22 11:14:43 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALFTrnNJyt7+1iP3rXOTUUXcAaNutp+upq9aTOQcx80qkB0WDw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:07:49 -0800
To: Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Worst case, you can always get an IPv6 static /48 from at least one provider
without any additional cost.
Owen
On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:05 AM, Ray Soucy wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Ray Soucy
>
> Epic Communications Specialist
>
> Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526
>
> Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System
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