[189563] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 is better than ipv4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Luthman)
Thu Jun 2 11:43:16 2016
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From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 11:42:53 -0400
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Just a thought - ipv4 includes older more rural connections such as 1M DSL
out in the sticks. That weighs the average connection time down. v6 being
capable on modern 4G wireless and fiber connections makes the average
faster.
Josh Luthman
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.co=
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> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Ca By <cb.list6@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> >
> https://blogs.akamai.com/2016/06/preparing-for-ipv6-only-mobile-networks-=
why-and-how.html
> >
> > Wherein akamai explains a detailed study showing ipv6 is "well
> > over 10%" faster than ipv4 on mobile, and they reference corroborating
> > studies from Linkedin and Facebook.
> >
> > Fair to ask your business 1) does mobile performance matter 2) are you
> > taking advantage of this 10% page load speedup that ipv6 provides?
> >
>
> =E2=80=8Bsrs question: "What percentage of the mobile world prefers v6 ov=
er v4?"
>
> I ask because perhaps the market for your app is such that v6 is actually=
a
> hinderance to the userbase... (or is slower in your market)
>
> Are there more holistic studies about this?=E2=80=8B
>
