Subject: Re: [89attendees] IPv6 was : best prepaid phone+data for area

From: Arran Cudbard-Bell <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 09:15:54 +0000

On 1 Mar 2014, at 01:03, Dick Franks <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Neil,
> 
> Is 12 months a realistic timeframe for IPv6 on BT domestic links?  Tunnels are such a pain when IP address changes every few weeks.
> 
> Or do I need to hasten things along by moving from BT to an ISP that will?
> 
> If you have any influence, please use it; the natives are growing restless

It is definitely a priority. As the number of IPv4 addresses dwindles and ISPs have to resort to things like carrier grade NAT to provide IPv4 connectivity.

I'm currently at one of the big four. We've started production IPv6 trials (staff only), i'd be very surprised if it was more than a year before widespread deployment. CPE firmware is currently being upgraded to support dual stack in preparation.

Likely see per BNG enablement to start with, then once any issues have been discovered/fixed, full enablement.

-Arran