[AusNOG] Apple say "biasing towards IPv6 is now beneficial for our customers"

[Mark Andrews]

In message <CAO+XBf=V-RjXKkuFWXjqqaDXkc=9f9=fFqNsGrMUi5yQGv5PgQ at mail.gmail.com>
, Iain Robertson writes:
> 
> On 14 July 2015 at 18:25, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> > On 14 July 2015 at 18:07, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> The carriers are already on board.
> >>
> >
> > In some countries, absolutely.  But here in Australia, Telstra are still
> > unable to offer IPv6 over their 3G or 4G networks (I have this on good
> > authority as a partner who may be putting tens if not hundreds of thousands
> > of end-points onto their networks), and my understanding is that Optus and
> > Vodafone are in no better a position.
> >
> 
> Unable, or unwilling?
 
Unwilling.  They have had to opportunity to buy IPv6 capable gear
and have had enough lead time (over a decade and a half).  There
is no valid excuse anymore for failure to provide IPv6 other
unwillingness.  That applies to ALL operators in Australia that
don't provide IPv6 today.

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