Subj : Getting a native IPv6 from your ISP
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Apr 24 2018 21:42:53

Hello Bj”rn,

On Tuesday April 24 2018 18:07, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> I wonder. You DO have your own fibre to the "exchange" or
 MvdV>> whatever it is called do you?

 BF>    Yes I do. But all fibres are sooner or later connected to each
 BF> other -- when for instance thousands of iPhone owners suddenly all are
 BF>  updating there phones it shows...

Of course, but you mentioned 50 other neighbours. Those 50 won't update thousands of iPhones all at ones.

The bottleneck will be much further down te road...

 MvdV>> BTW, why did you not query all the potential providers on that
 MvdV>> open fibre (or fiber?) about IPv6 /before/ commiting yourself?

 BF>    I had absolutely no idea that it was so difficult to get IPv6, I
 BF> was under impression that you always got it with the fibre.

So much for impressions...

 BF>    All Swedish IXs are IPv6 ready, it's the ISPs that are waiting as
 BF> long as possible.

Here everything is ready except for that last meter. The IXs are ready, the backbone is ready, the DSLAMs and CMTSs are ready. The bottleneck is the CPEs. 

Cheers, Michiel

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