Re: [Starlink] [Rpm] net neutrality back in the news

[Sebastian Moeller <moeller0@gmx.de>]

Hi Gert,


> On Sep 28, 2023, at 08:36, Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 08:25:31AM +0200, Sebastian Moeller via Starlink wrote:
>> ***) Strictly speaking IPv6 is required, since "internet access"
>> is defined as reaching all of the internet (as far as in the ISPs
>> power) and IPv6-only sites are not reachable for the CG-NAT-only
>> customers. But so far the local regulator does not seem to enforce
>> that requirement, or hopefully is working on this quietly behind
>> the curtains.
> 
> I still maintain that a better google ranking for "content with IPv6"
> would bring us 90%+ IPv6 availability on the content side in a very
> short time (look at the craziness some of these SEOs are willing to
> endure, just to get a better ranking)...

	[SM] This is pretty convincing, especially given your perspective (I only view these things from my pure end-user vantage point).

> (For Germany, I do not see the lone acces ISP without IPv6 as "the most
> sore spot", as most of the large ISPs and all of the mobile carriers 
> include IPv6 nowadays - but content is still lacking)

	[SM] Has Vodafone started using IPv6 for their DSL-users yet*? About the content that is an interesting question, I will try to measure in my home network what IPv4/IPv6 traffic ration I actually see.

Regards
	Sebastian


*) According to https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/203020/umfrage/anzahl-der-dsl-kunden-von-vodafone-in-deutschland/ Vodafone Germany had around 2.5 Million DSL customers end on 2022 this is not a lot (there are roughly 40 Million access links in Germany) but it is also not "nothing".


> 
> Gert Doering
>        -- NetMaster
> -- 
> have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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