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United States IPv6 adoption over 50%

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Re: United States IPv6 adoption over 50%

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Post by themitigating »

sneak wrote: post #10
vidanay wrote: post #8

About 5 years ago, I asked the owner of my fixed wireless ISP if he was planning to support IPv6 and I received a 500 word email rant about the uselessness of v6. I haven't asked again. (I still get a 0/10 score at https://test-ipv6.com/ )

There is a lot of cultural inertia that instantly biases against anything new in sysadmin/netadmin circles. It's super annoying, tbh. A subset of technologists only seem comfortable with the technology that was available when they were 18-24, regardless of how old they get. "What's this? I never needed it before, what's the sysctl to turn it off?"

There's a bias against anything new in human circles

Re: United States IPv6 adoption over 50%

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Post by bilal4hmed »

btbuilder wrote: post #18
bilal4hmed wrote: post #11

0/10 for Xfinity as well on test-ipv6

I’ve used ipv6 on xfinity for years, but I do use my own equipment. Unless there are regional differences it’s important to make sure it is set up right in your router.

oh damn, let me check on my router then

Re: United States IPv6 adoption over 50%

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Post by orev »

sneak wrote: post #10
vidanay wrote: post #8

About 5 years ago, I asked the owner of my fixed wireless ISP if he was planning to support IPv6 and I received a 500 word email rant about the uselessness of v6. I haven't asked again. (I still get a 0/10 score at https://test-ipv6.com/ )

There is a lot of cultural inertia that instantly biases against anything new in sysadmin/netadmin circles. It's super annoying, tbh. A subset of technologists only seem comfortable with the technology that was available when they were 18-24, regardless of how old they get. "What's this? I never needed it before, what's the sysctl to turn it off?"

There is a lot of cultural inertia that instantly biases against anything old and stable in developer circles.

It's super annoying, tbh. A subset of developers only seem comfortable with technology invented in the past 18-24 months, regardless of how untested and unstable it is.

“What's this? It was written 2 years ago? It must be old and useless. I’m going to require my app to use the latest version and I don’t care what kind of headaches it makes for the people who actually need to make sure it’s up an running when users try to use it.”

Re: United States IPv6 adoption over 50%

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Post by zorked »

sneak wrote: post #10
vidanay wrote: post #8

About 5 years ago, I asked the owner of my fixed wireless ISP if he was planning to support IPv6 and I received a 500 word email rant about the uselessness of v6. I haven't asked again. (I still get a 0/10 score at https://test-ipv6.com/ )

There is a lot of cultural inertia that instantly biases against anything new in sysadmin/netadmin circles. It's super annoying, tbh. A subset of technologists only seem comfortable with the technology that was available when they were 18-24, regardless of how old they get. "What's this? I never needed it before, what's the sysctl to turn it off?"

Just witness the pitchfork army whenever systemd is mentioned.

Re: United States IPv6 adoption over 50%

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Post by tesin »

btbuilder wrote: post #18
bilal4hmed wrote: post #11

0/10 for Xfinity as well on test-ipv6

I’ve used ipv6 on xfinity for years, but I do use my own equipment. Unless there are regional differences it’s important to make sure it is set up right in your router.

You're absolutely right. I'm in the same situation. 10/10 ipv6, but it took a lot of configuration. I'm sure if the parent commenter connected their device directly to their modem via ethernet they'd find they had a functioning ipv6 address. Comcast is terrible for lots of reasons, ipv6 isn't one of them.
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