On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, chris <tknch...@gmail.com> wrote: > it really feels alot like what net neutrality was supposed to avoid. making > a policy where there is different treatment of one set of bits over another > > "your ipv6 bits are bad but if you turn it off the ipv4 bits are just fine" > > someone mentioned the fact that netflix is not just a content company but > also acting as a network operator maybe the two should be separate > > i also find it ironic that they arent big fans of ISPs who use NAT or CGN > and dont have 1 customer per IP yet their stifiling ipv6 and telling users > to turn it off. you really cant have it both ways and complain about NAT > and also say you recommend shutting off ipv6 :) > > hopefully they will realize imposing their own policy on how customers use > their networks and the internet this isnt worth losing customers over > > chris > >
Again. An HE tunnel is not production ipv6. It is a toy. Telling people to turn of HE tunnel is NOT the same as turning off production ipv6. CB > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Elvis Daniel Velea <el...@velea.eu > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > apparently, all they see is 3 people complaining on this mailing list.. > > well, this makes it 4 with me (and I have a bunch of people in various > > countries complaining on facebook that they have been banned from using > > netflix because they use an HE tunnel. > > > > their answer - TURN IPV6 OFF!!! you're a techie so if you know how to > > setup a tunnel, you must know how to redirect netflix to use IPv4 only... > > really? > > the answer just pisses me off! > > > > Netflix, YOU are the ones forcing people to turn IPv4 off... this is just > > insane. tens (if not hundred) of thousands of people chose to use HE > > tunnels because their ISP does not offer IPv6.. > > do you really expect all of them to turn it off? do you really want IPv6 > > usage in the world to go down by a few percent because you are unable to > > figure out how to serve content? > > > > I know nobody at Netflix will even answer to the e-mails on this list.. > > but I hope that they will at least acknowledge the problem and figure an > > other way to block content by country. > > ie: they could try to talk to HE to register each tunnel in a database > > that points to the country of the user.. > > > > cheers, > > elvis > > > > > > On 6/8/16 1:01 AM, chris wrote: > > > >> I am also in the same boat with a whole subnet affected even without a > >> tunnel, tried multiple netflix support channels starting in early march > >> and > >> the ranges is still blocked 3 months later. > >> > >> I was a big fan of the service and somewhat of an addict up till this > but > >> I've really been shocked how this has been (mis)handled > >> > >> chris > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Davide Davini <diotona...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Today I discovered Netflix flagged my IPv6 IP block as "proxy/VPN" and I > >>> can't use it if I don't disable the HE tunnel, which is the only way > for > >>> me to have IPv6 at the moment. > >>> > >>> But the fun part has been Netflix tech support: > >>> "Oh I see, yeah we have been receiving reports of some other members > >>> with ipv6 having this issues, at the moment Netflix is not really > >>> designed to work with ipv6 connections, in this case I can recommend > you > >>> two things, one is to turn off the ipv6 and the other one will be to > >>> contact directly with Hurricane Electric, there are some customers that > >>> were able to use Netflix with an ipv6 under some specific settings set > >>> by Hurricane Electric." > >>> > >>> I don't obviously expect HE to fix it, I don't pay for shit, it's a > free > >>> service, why should they? > >>> > >>> But it's fun to know that " Netflix is not really designed to work with > >>> ipv6 connections ". > >>> > >>> Who did it say on this ML that the best way to solve these issues is > >>> Netflix tech support? :) > >>> > >>> Ciao, > >>> Davide Davini > >>> > >>> > >>> > > >