Re: Frontier rural FIOS & IPv6

[Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net>]

Going to play devils advocate. 

If frontier has a ton of ipv4 addresses, what benefit is there to them in rolling out ipv6?

What benefit is there to you?

> On Mar 31, 2019, at 7:11 PM, C. A. Fillekes <cfillekes () gmail com> wrote:
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> Still it's pretty darn good having real broadband on the farm.  One thing at a time.  
>
> But, let's start thinking about ways to get Frontier up to speed on the IPv6 thing. 
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> > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 4:24 PM Aaron C. de Bruyn <aaron () heyaaron com> wrote:
> > You're not alone.
> >
> > I talked with my local provider about 4 years ago and they said "We will probably start looking into IPv6 next year".
> > I talked with them last month and they said "Yeah, everyone seems to be offering it.  I guess I'll have to start 
> > reading how to implement it".
> >
> > I'm sure 2045 will finally be the year of IPv6 everywhere.
> >
> > -A
> >
> > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 7:36 AM C. A. Fillekes <cfillekes () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > So by COB yesterday we now officially have FIOS at our farm.  
> > >
> > > Went from 3Mbps to around 30 measured average.  Yay.  
> > >
> > > It's a business account, Frontier.  But...still no IPv6. 
> > >
> > > The new router's capable of it.  What's the hold up?  
> > >
> > > Customer service's response is "We don't offer that".