Re: ipv6 and geolocation

[Blair Trosper <blair.trosper () gmail com>]

I meant that PTR isn't a priority for ISPs.  A la Comcast's rollout of IPv6
lacks PTR, as does Google in general for v4 and v6 (even though they have
it internally).


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Joe Abley <jabley () hopcount ca> wrote:

> On 2013-10-22, at 15:16, Blair Trosper <blair.trosper () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Everyone loves IPv6, and it's a fantastic technology.  However, I've been
> > pondering a few quirks of v6, including the low priority of PTR,
>
> Not sure what that means, but...
>
> > but I have a question I want to throw out there:
> >
> > Do you think IPv6 geolocatoin (GeoIP) will ever be viable?
>
> To me it seems like an easier problem to solve than IPv4. There's no
> historical assignment swamp. Subnets are of fixed size. Many/most
> organisations who receive a direct assignment will never need a second.
>
> > If so, when do you think this will happen?
>
> As soon as enough people using geo-located services start doing so over v6.
>
>
> Joe