Hi, On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 02:07:31PM +0100, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, Gert Doering wrote: > > > 3G mandated IPv6, no carrier actually deployed it *before* they had a > > huge legacy of IPv4-only handsets in the field... could have been done > > from day one. > > On the other hand no handset manufacturer apart from Nokia ever made any > 3G handsets that supported IPv6.
I'm not sure why "point to the part in the 3G specs that says v6 is mandatory" would have been so hard... > Also, since you needed two concurrent bearers and the 3GPP network vendors > charged per bearer, it also make IPv6 deployment extremely expensive. > > Yes, plenty of blame to go around. It's not only a carrier problem. If you wanted reasons to not deploy IPv6, there have always been excuses galore. But then do not complain 10 years later that you have such a large basis of IPv4-only clients and all of a sudden it's sooo much work... Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature