Re: Where to get IPv4 block these day

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

On 8/6/21 8:35 AM, Fred Baker wrote:
> > On Aug 6, 2021, at 8:22 AM, Noah <noah () neo co tz> wrote:
> >
> > Do majority of smart handsets OS today support v6?
> >
> > Majority of people I know (due to economic factors) own lowend android handsets with no support for v6. This group 
> > forms majority of eyeballs that contribute revenue to local Telecoms whose network is heavily CGNAT.
> Handsets - Cameron would be in a better place than I to discuss this, but certainly anything used to connect to his 
> network (T-Mobile) does, and enables access with IPv4 turned off. That includes at least iPhone (the handset I use to 
> access his network), and Android. https://thirdinternet.com/ipv6-on-mobile-devices/
>
> As to other systems, Apple and Linux platforms, and more recently Windows, supports IPv6, and has for quite a while. 
> Issues there tend to be in specific applications (due to the socket interface).

I thought I had heard that there were carriers out there that are mainly 
(always?) using v6 to the phones? i assume they just nat somewhere for 
v4 sites?

And wouldn't it take effort to *disable* v6 capability for iphones and 
android? with happy eyeballs it just sort of works.

Mike