RE: Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers

[Tim Jackson <jackson.tim () gmail com>]

http://i.imgur.com/c0Bmz.jpg

> From a few minutes ago...
On May 23, 2012 2:58 PM, "Frank Bulk - iName.com" <frnkblk () iname com> wrote:

> Here's a screenshot from 15 months ago:
> http://www.fix6.net/archives/2011/02/21/ipv6-live-on-verizons-lte-network/
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Carpenter [mailto:rcarpen () network1 net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:07 PM
> To: PC
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: Current IPv6 state of US Mobile Phone Carriers
>
>
> Not only does Verizon *not* have IPv6 on their LTE network, they also do
> *not*
> have IPv4, except for double-NATed rfc1918 crap that changes your IP
> address
> every couple minutes. The only way to get a stable connection is to pay
> 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>
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > > 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.  How 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.  Samsung is doing a
> > > > good job
> > > > of
> > > > bringing IPv6 to Android devices. More info here
> > >
> > > That's interesting.  I have a Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile USA and it
> > > doesn't
> > > get an IPv6 address, only IPv4.  Works fine with IPv6 over my
> > > wireless
> > > network at home.  Doesn't seem to be anything obvious in the
> > > settings to
> > > enable or disable that.
> > >
> > > Paul