The benefits of deploying IPv6 only

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as real operator data that IPv6 is faster than IPv4 and that large networks are already going IPv6-only.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

NANOG

Topic

ipv6 deployment

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2016

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Comcast is going for a pure IPv6 core network, they are currently at 60% of their customers getting an IPv6 address of some sort (cable modem or even cable box). T-Mobile's network is IPv6 as well. Especially for customer devices that support 464XLAT: [LINK] There …

• Exactly. And as the home speeds reach 1Gbps to the home, there will not be enough CGN boxes that will be able to sustain that load, so one of the two options: 1) more stateless mechanisms will be used (lw4o6, MAP) - which do not …

• NATs do induce a fair amount of latency. It's not exaggerated. Watch Paul Saab from Facebook talk about how much better IPv6 performs at NANOG 64: [VIDEO]