On Friday December 02 2016 09:52, you wrote to me:
MV>> The IPv6 train is slow in coming on steam. But when it starts MV>> gaining momentum, and when we see IPv6 only internal networks, it MV>> may accelerate expom\nentially.
NB> These exact same things were said when IPv6 was first introduced.
IPv6 was introduced im 1998, not much publicity was given then.
NB> Even "World IPv6 Day" was what, 4 years ago?
First there was "World IPv6 day". That was in june 2011. Followed a yearlater by "IPv6 launch day" on 6 June 2012. Many content providers switched on IPv6 then.
NB> It's still not fully implemented yet.
There is progress. I have an add-on intstalled for Firefox that show me when a website is connected over IPv6.
I find it encouraging how many content providers already support IPv6.
NB> So while I am indeed excited about the movement, I'm not going to hold NB> my breath for exponential accelleration. :)
I am not going to hold my breath either, but I think we will eventually see the train coming on steam. It is unavoidable.
NB>>> True. But their thought process probably had something to do NB>>> with the life expectancy of said router(s) would probably not NB>>> outlast the transition to full IPv6, and while it's in NB>>> transition and even completes, the router would still work fine, NB>>> without extra work put into it.
MV>> And missing the opportunity to gain experience when it is not MV>> critical yet. Fixing the roof when the sun shines...
NB> Yep. Unfortunately that's how the world works.
It appears I was wrong. The Ubee modem/router DOES have IPv6 access to its web interface. But... not from a Win Xp system. On my laptop running Win 7, I can access the web interface via the link local address,
Very odd that that does'nt work with XP...
MV>> I think at least some are coming to see the light. It may be MV>> different in your part of the world, but here it is very MV>> difficult for small companies to get IPv4 address space. The MV>> industry is reaaly starting to feel the pain of IPv4 exhaustion.
NB> Sure, those smaller companies are probably the first to deploy newer NB> technologies, while the bigger companies with monopolies hold off NB> until they can not hold off any longer.
Not all of the bigger ones and not in all countries. But some of the big ones ARE moving. In the US, Comcast, Verizon and T-Mobile ARE moving:
