Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels

[chris <tknchris () gmail com>]

I disagree. if they have no native v6 then theres no reason why they
shouldnt be able to use the v6 from HE and why should the internet treat
that users traffic any differently because its coming from HE or tunneled?

Theres also tons of folks affected who arent on HE, arent tunneling, etc.
Theres been many people affected who are being told something is wrong with
their network that works fine for anything other than netflix.

chris


On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Ca By <cb.list6 () gmail com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, chris <tknchris () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > it really feels alot like what net neutrality was supposed to avoid.
> > making
> > a policy where there is different treatment of one set of bits over
> > another
> >
> > "your ipv6 bits are bad but if you turn it off the ipv4 bits are just
> > fine"
> >
> > someone mentioned the fact that netflix is not just a content company but
> > also acting as a network operator maybe the two should be separate
> >
> > i also find it ironic that they arent big fans of ISPs who use NAT or CGN
> > and dont have 1 customer per IP yet their stifiling ipv6 and telling users
> > to turn it off. you really cant have it both ways and complain about NAT
> > and also say you recommend shutting off ipv6 :)
> >
> > hopefully they will realize imposing their own policy on how customers use
> > their networks and the internet  this isnt worth losing customers over
> >
> > chris
>
> Again. An HE tunnel is not production ipv6. It is a toy.
>
> Telling people to turn of HE tunnel is NOT the same as turning off
> production ipv6.
>
> CB
>
>
>
> > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Elvis Daniel Velea <elvis () velea eu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > apparently, all they see is 3 people complaining on this mailing list..
> > > well, this makes it 4 with me (and I have a bunch of people in various
> > > countries complaining on facebook that they have been banned from using
> > > netflix because they use an HE tunnel.
> > >
> > > their answer - TURN IPV6 OFF!!! you're a techie so if you know how to
> > > setup a tunnel, you must know how to redirect netflix to use IPv4
> > only...
> > > really?
> > > the answer just pisses me off!
> > >
> > > Netflix, YOU are the ones forcing people to turn IPv4 off... this is
> > just
> > > insane. tens (if not hundred) of thousands of people chose to use HE
> > > tunnels because their ISP does not offer IPv6..
> > > do you really expect all of them to turn it off? do you really want IPv6
> > > usage in the world to go down by a few percent because you are unable to
> > > figure out how to serve content?
> > >
> > > I know nobody at Netflix will even answer to the e-mails on this list..
> > > but I hope that they will at least acknowledge the problem and figure an
> > > other way to block content by country.
> > > ie: they could try to talk to HE to register each tunnel in a database
> > > that points to the country of the user..
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > elvis
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/8/16 1:01 AM, chris wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am also in the same boat with a whole subnet affected even without a
> > > > tunnel, tried multiple netflix support channels starting in early march
> > > > and
> > > > the ranges is still blocked 3 months later.
> > > >
> > > > I was a big fan of the service and somewhat of an addict up till this
> > but
> > > > I've really been shocked how this has been (mis)handled
> > > >
> > > > chris
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Davide Davini <diotonante () gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Today I discovered Netflix flagged my IPv6 IP block as "proxy/VPN" and
> > I
> > > > > can't use it if I don't disable the HE tunnel, which is the only way
> > for
> > > > > me to have IPv6 at the moment.
> > > > >
> > > > > But the fun part has been Netflix tech support:
> > > > > "Oh I see, yeah we have been receiving reports of some other members
> > > > > with ipv6 having this issues, at the moment Netflix is not really
> > > > > designed to work with ipv6 connections, in this case I can recommend
> > you
> > > > > two things, one is to turn off the ipv6 and the other one will be to
> > > > > contact directly with Hurricane Electric, there are some customers
> > that
> > > > > were able to use Netflix with an ipv6 under some specific settings set
> > > > > by Hurricane Electric."
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't obviously expect HE to fix it, I don't pay for shit, it's a
> > free
> > > > > service, why should they?
> > > > >
> > > > > But it's fun to know that " Netflix is not really designed to work
> > with
> > > > > ipv6 connections ".
> > > > >
> > > > > Who did it say on this ML that the best way to solve these issues is
> > > > > Netflix tech support? :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Ciao,
> > > > > Davide Davini