[arin-ppml] "Millions of Internet AddressesAre LyingIdle" (slashdot)

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:28 PM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] "Millions of Internet AddressesAre 
> LyingIdle" (slashdot)
> 
> 
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net
> >> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Ron Cleven
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:32 PM
> >> To: ppml at arin.net
> >> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] "Millions of Internet AddressesAre 
> >> LyingIdle" (slashdot)
> >>
> >>
> >> michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
> >>>> Until and unless someone can describe, in simple 
> layman's terms, a 
> >>>> rational transition plan to IPv6, I don't see it happening.
> >>>
> >>> The laymen have already transitioned to IPv6.
> >>>
> >> Very cute.
> >>
> > 
> > I have a smartphone, a Motorola Q running Windows Mobile 5 on it on 
> > the Sprint network.  When I ran the Microsoft networking 
> tools on the 
> > phone it clearly showed that Sprint has assigned IPv6 
> numbers to it's 
> > cellular data network.  When I surf the web on my phone I am going 
> > through a IPv6->IPv4 gateway.  Ironically, if I go to 
> > http://www.ipv6porn.co.nz/ I DO NOT see the free porn on the phone, 
> > indicating that Sprint's IPv6->IPv4 gateways are NOT 
> connected to the 
> > IPv6 Internet.  What morons!
> > 
> 
> For what it's worth, I just tried some IPv6 sites on my 
> Sprint 700wx and it did access them using their IPv6 addresses.
> 

I can hit sprintv6.net with my phone and it says I AM IPv6
enabled.  I guess Sprint doesen't have good IPv6 connectivity to
the other IPv6 networks out there.

Ted