27 Nov
2006
27 Nov
'06
4:06 p.m.
Philip D'Ath wrote:
The number of mobile devices with IP addresses now exceeds the number of traditional internet hosts. The gap between these two is growing.
Mobile carriers have a more urgent need to use IPv6.
This is true, and many of them do. I was mildly amused to see my Nokia N73 supporting v4 and v6 out of box, but I've never seen it get a v6 address from anything. Although... how many of those devices really need to be publically addressed?
The release of IP based set top box's and the like is going to make the problem worse.
Unlikely. The majority of triple play solutions have the STB as a private device, or work fine behind NAPT. You don't need to give it a public address.