[152881] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Tue May 22 22:07:42 2012
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 22:07:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
To: PC <paul4004@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJAdsDmfnw6V1YizfaE2oE7GUXV84fL+LOF4s0X5xfNMPRQ_0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Not only does Verizon *not* have IPv6 on their LTE network, they also do *n=
ot* have IPv4, except for double-NATed rfc1918 crap that changes your IP ad=
dress every couple minutes. The only way to get a stable connection is to p=
ay them $500 to get a static public IP address.
thanks,
-Randy
----- Original Message -----
> IPV6 is present, to my knowledge, on all devices on the Verizon IPV6
> LTE network. I noticed its using it to communicate to Google for
> many
> of it's services when I ran a netstat. I believe they mandated
> support for it from any certified device.
>
> Unfortunately, it's still firewalled.
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Paul Graydon
> <paul@paulgraydon.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 05/22/2012 01:21 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> >>
> >> On May 22, 2012 4:00 PM, "Paul Porter"<paul.porter@gree.co.jp>
> >> =C2=A0wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi NANOG,
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking for some information on the four largest US mobile
> >>> phone
> >>> carriers and the current state of their IPv6 infrastructure.
> >>> Specifically,
> >>> we are trying to figure out:
> >>>
> >>> 1. =C2=A0How much of the carrier core and edge for AT&T, Verizon.
> >>> T-Mobile,
> >>> and
> >>> Sprint are on IPv6 now?
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> T-Mobile USA has native ipv6 to all subscribers in all of it's
> >> coverage
> >> area. But, less than 1% of subscribers use IPv6 because they do
> >> not have
> >> an
> >> IPv6 capable phone. The Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus work well.
> >>
> >> This device challenge will improve in time. =C2=A0Samsung is doing a
> >> good job
> >> of
> >> bringing IPv6 to Android devices. More info here
> >
> > That's interesting. =C2=A0I have a Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile USA and it
> > doesn't
> > get an IPv6 address, only IPv4. =C2=A0Works fine with IPv6 over my
> > wireless
> > network at home. =C2=A0Doesn't seem to be anything obvious in the
> > settings to
> > enable or disable that.
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
>
>
