• T-Mobile USA - IPv6 available? [telecom]

    From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 16:42:26 2023
    Hello,

    what is the current situation of deploying IPv6 in T-Mobile's cellular
    network in the US?

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    kind regards
    Marco

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  • From Bill Horne@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Mon Jan 9 23:46:24 2023
    On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 04:42:26PM +0100, Marco Moock wrote:
    Hello,

    what is the current situation of deploying IPv6 in T-Mobile's cellular network in the US?

    According to the info at a page called "Case Study: T-Mobile US Goes IPv6-only Using 464XLAT" -
    https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/case-study-t-mobile-us-goes-ipv6-only-using-464xlat/

    ... I think T-Mobile has gone IPv6-only.

    If anyone can confirm or deny, please do so.

    Bill Horne

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  • From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to malQRMassimilation@gmail.com on Tue Jan 10 02:35:40 2023
    In article <20230109234624.GA1238186@telecomdigest.us>,
    Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 04:42:26PM +0100, Marco Moock wrote:
    Hello,

    what is the current situation of deploying IPv6 in T-Mobile's cellular
    network in the US?

    According to the info at a page called "Case Study: T-Mobile US Goes >IPv6-only Using 464XLAT" - >https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/case-study-t-mobile-us-goes-ipv6-only-using-464xlat/

    4G and 5G wireless technologies are inherently IPv6-based. What I
    think the OP actually wanted to know was whether T-Mobile gives
    customers are globally routable IPv6 address, or a local IPb6 address
    that is then squeezed through a "carrier grade NAT" to talk IPv4 with
    the rest of the world. On Verizon, I have a globally routable IPv6
    address (2600:1000::/28, assigned to Verizon), but my IPv4 address is
    from the dedicated "CGNAT" private network, 100.0.0.0/8. On some
    other carriers, however, both protocols use private networks.

    (On a relatively recent Android phone, you can see your v4 and v6
    addresses by opening the Settings app, selecting "About phone" and
    then "Status". On any device, you can test your actual IPv6
    connectivity using a free web site like test-ipv6.com.)

    -GAWollman

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 09:23:39 2023
    Am 09.01.2023 um 23:46:24 Uhr schrieb Bill Horne:

    According to the info at a page called "Case Study: T-Mobile US Goes IPv6-only Using 464XLAT" - https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/case-study-t-mobile-us-goes-ipv6-only-using-464xlat/

    ... I think T-Mobile has gone IPv6-only.

    That is good news.
    I also see that this happened in 2014 according to the article.

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 16:38:50 2023
    Am 10.01.2023 um 02:35:40 Uhr schrieb Garrett Wollman:

    On some other carriers, however, both protocols use private networks.

    Which provider does use IPv6 ULA addresses? That isn't a good idea.
    I know that Deutsche Telekom uses an SPI firewall (to get more money
    for business plans without), but gives customers routable IPv6
    addresses. IPv4 is from 10.0.0.0/8.

    (On a relatively recent Android phone, you can see your v4 and v6
    addresses by opening the Settings app, selecting "About phone" and
    then "Status". On any device, you can test your actual IPv6
    connectivity using a free web site like test-ipv6.com.)

    I am not in the US, so I can't test it. I just heard some rumors and
    I asked here.

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