Re: [tlug] IPv6 in Japan

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

On Nov 12, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 03:41:50PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Scott Robbins wrote:
> >
> > > We gaijin are curious, is it becoming popular in Japan?  That is,  
> > > if you
> > > call the average provider, and say, by the way, do you have IPv6...
> >
> > Not really. NTT is offering ("experimental," last I heard) native  
> > IPv6
> > to home users, but they sort of kill the whole point of the thing by
> > giving you a /128. (Yes, one single IPv6 address. And dynamically
> > assigned, no less.)


I have to agree with Curt about not really.  IPv6 availability at the  
consumer level
is pretty abysmal.  Some ISPs like OCN will give you an IPv6  
allocation if you're
willing to pay a little extra per month although I imagine that is  
flying as well as
a pig with a pile of bricks attached to it.

It's actually quite a disappointment for me since I was hoping this  
supposed
IPv4 shortage in East Asia that I read about a few years ago would  
have had
the ISPs in Japan doing something wild like offering free IPv6  
allocations to
customers if they wanted it but obviously that was a very naive view.

Alain