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Re: [v6ops] IPv6 for mobile

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Tue, 21 December 2010 17:49 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] IPv6 for mobile
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On Dec 21, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Fred Baker wrote:
> Let's see if I have this right. Folks are concerned that phones don't have IPv6 on the cellular interface, and your proposal is to have the cell phones add a work-around service for the lack of IPv6 instead of asking them to add IPv6. Did I correctly understand your proposal?

In all fairness, at least one person has asserted that the *hardware* somehow doesn't support IPv6.   I find this difficult to believe, but if true, Rémi's proposal makes sense.

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