RE: New IPv6 survey released on labs.ripe.net
-Original Message- From: Kevin Day [mailto:toa...@dragondata.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:57 PM To: Cameron Byrne Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: New IPv6 survey released on labs.ripe.net No IPv6 on Sprint, US Cellular or Metro PCS though. They don't have anything that supports IPv6 as far as I can tell. [WEG] Similar to the iPhone, any of the Android phones in Sprint's device portfolio should support IPv6 on WiFi, but not on the CDMA (3G) interface. I've confirmed it on several of them already. Wes George smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
RE: Found: Who is responsible for no more IP addresses
> -Original Message- > From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:06 PM > To: NANOG > Subject: Re: Found: Who is responsible for no more IP addresses > > - Original Message - > > From: "Brian Johnson" > > > > > To be clear, FOX screwed this up big time, but that doesn't mean we > > all need to get out our personal/political pitchforks and run them > out > > of town. Take your Ritalin. :-) > > Fox didn't screw up, for a change, and Vint's quote appears in many > other news sources. Apparently, I'm the only one on Nanog who knows > about this new thing called The Google. :-) > > Thinking that Fox "News" is not a reputable news source is not, indeed, > an opinion attributable *solely* to non-Republicans, and indeed, it's > easy > to prove in a documentary, non-partisan fashion. > [WES] Don't kid yourself, defending a "reputable news organization" for not properly checking their facts on a technical story before publishing is politically motivated too, especially when you try to imply that being willing to call out inaccurate (technical) info in the news is somehow related to one's political party. The article that everyone is causing everyone to make fun of Fox news for says nothing about Vint. Fox news has posted two separate articles, both of which have been factually incorrect. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-happens-anyones-guess/ and http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/26/world-run-internet-addresses-year-experts-predict/ They at least corrected the first one - "Editors' Note: An earlier version of this story erroneously described an IP address as consisting of four digits, rather than four sets of digits, and inaccurately described the IP address. This story has been updated to reflect the correction." But this gem still exists in the first article: "Web developers have compensated for this problem by creating IPv6". At least there's *probably* some web developers at IETF that might have had a hand in creating IPv6, so that one's not technically incorrect... The second one from several months ago is still borked: "IPv4, ... the unique 32-digit number used to identify each computer, website or internet-connected device. ... The solution to the problem is IPv6, which uses a 128-digit address." So, first it was 32 digits, then it was 4 digits... FWIW, Marketplace (on NPR) did a story the other night too. It wasn't necessarily incorrect, but it was so dumbed down that they managed to talk about IPv4 exhaustion without mentioning the words "IPv4" or "IPv6" http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/01/25/pm-internet-running-out-of-digital-addresses/ Wes George smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
RE: Why is your company treating IPv6 turn ups as a sales matter?
> -Original Message- > From: William Herrin [mailto:b...@herrin.us] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:06 PM > > Why are your respective companies treating IPv6 turn ups as a sales > matter instead of a standard technical change request like IP > addresses or BGP? [WES] Because in most companies, sales owns the direct relationship with the customer, so when they ask about a new feature or service, they work with sales, and sales gets the right technical folks involved. A clarification that is probably important here: "a sales matter" != "extra charges for IPv6" at least at my employer, so if you believe that is why it's being referred to sales, I ask that you not jump to conclusions. Eventually, this is something that can be accomplished solely through a portal like any other technical change request, but short term, we wanted to focus on making our IPv6 availability as wide as possible and as soon as possible. That requires a bit more handholding, and sometimes a manual process here and there, which involves sales. >Sprint and Qwest, I know you're guilty. [WES] Bill, I know that you mean well and you're just trying to push IPv6 deployment, and sometimes a little public shame goes a long way, but in the future, before you call my company out in public with tenuous assertions like this, please at least try to reach out to me privately to address your perceived issue with the way Sprint is handling IPv6 rollout? It's not like I'm hard to find, even if it's a blast message to NANOG that looks like "Will someone with IPv6 clue at Sprint contact me?" > How many of > the rest of you are making IPv6 installation harder for your customers > than it needs to be? [WES] I guess that depends on who you talk to and their definition of hard. Obviously you feel that there's some problem, so feel free to provide details specific to Sprint off-list and I'll do my best to address them. Wes George Token Sprint whipping boy and IPv6 mechanic http://www.sprintv6.net smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
RE: IPv6 enabled carriers?
-Original Message- From: Seth Mattinen [mailto:se...@rollernet.us] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:19 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: IPv6 enabled carriers? On 3/10/10 11:00 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > Does anyone have a list of carriers who are IPv6 capable today? > Sprint wasn't on your list, but they are rolling out native IPv6 support on all of 1239. I've been using their 6175 testbed since 2005. ~Seth Not trying to make a big shameless plug here, but I thought I should at least confirm this to be true. Mostly domestic until ~mid-year, limited port availability in the next couple of months, more sites and port speeds available as the year and the rollout progresses. www.sprintv6.net or your Sprint sales droid will have updates as they're available. Thanks, Wes _ Wesley George Sprint Core Network Engineering - IP O:703-689-7505 M:703-864-4902 http://www.sprint.net This e-mail may contain Sprint Nextel Company proprietary information intended for the sole use of the recipient(s). Any use by others is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies of the message.
