[AusNOG] IPv6 excuses

Serge Burjak sburjak at systech.com.au
Wed Jun 8 13:31:16 EST 2016


I got an Internode ADSL connection couple of months ago, they have the
tick box on my service page I can turn dual stack on or off. It's on
their hardware and it's got a fixed IP, at least fixed in IPv4.

On 8 June 2016 at 13:20, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8 Jun 2016 12:13 PM, "Karl Auer" <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> On 31 May 2016 at 10:57, Kisakye Alex <kisakye at gmail.com> wrote:
>> [quoting someone else]
>> > > I haven't dealt with a single ticket where someone was trying to
>> > > get something working with IPv6.
>>
>> The only two organisations that have ever taken my need for IPv6
>> seriously are Internode and VentraIP. That's it.
>>
>
> Unfortunately I think Internode have stopped enabling IPv6 by default on new
> customer accounts.
>
> I understand the reason at some stage was they forgot about Netflix over
> IPv6 when they decided to zero meter it. That was fixed a few months ago.
>
> In the customer portal it says don't unable IPv6 unless you understand it.
> That sounds like advice from somebody who doesn't understand IPv6 either.
>
> Sad because of the effort put into it to make it seamless, and personally
> disappointing to me because I took a discounted contract rate to work on it.
>
>> When asked about IPv6, iiNet at the time said "nope". I switched to
>> Internode. Then iiNet bought Internode. Maybe I need to add iiNet to
>> the list.
>>
>> Others either know nothing about it, won't put me through to someone
>> who does, or try to convince me I don't need it. Usually all three.
>>
>> Just checking in again: Can I get IPv6 from Telstra on home or business
>> ADSL? Without suffering one or all of the above reactions?
>>
>> Regards, K.
>>
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