[nsoxo]

Why change something that works?

[supertrope]

Video chat. File transfers without a third party host. Cell phones almost always only offer a public address over v6. Internet gaming. VPNs without address conflicts. Not being banned from Wikipedia because someone else with the same CGNAT ISP got banned.

[jonathantf2]

For the average consumer they don't notice a difference. Both my home and mobile ISPs have said they have no plans to offer IPv6 connectivity because it's not a requirement.

Users don't care, and until a lot of them do ISPs won't do anything.

People can still video chat, play games and use VPNs without v6.

[supertrope]

It usually manifests as gamers asking about "strict NAT":

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/connect... https://kb.netgear.com/19844/Why-does-my-Xbox-say-NAT-is-set...

Part of why video chat quality sucks is because the RTP traffic has to be sent through a proxy to deal with NAT, doubling load on the Internet and increasing latency.

[throw0101a]

> Why change something that works?

Because it does not work.

Want to run a public service with end-to-end connectivity? Go to your RIR to request an IPv4 block and be put on a waiting list.

Or break out your cheque book and be prepared to cough up $35+/IP for the privilege of global connectivity:

* https://auctions.ipv4.global

* https://ipv4marketgroup.com/ipv4-pricing/

* https://ipv4connect.com/marketplace

[apple4ever]

A friends company that was able to buy two /24s under $2K each and get them pretty quick.

When I signed up for a new data center internet connection, both my ISPs charged me something like $25/month for a /24.

IPv4 addresses are still relatively cheap to get.

[throw0101a]

Remember when IPv4 addresses were assigned/given out for free? Pepperidge Farms remembers. :)

When did the company purchase them? Was it a private sale or through a broker(?)? I'm curious as to the process, especially if it was more recent.

[curiousmindz]

HTTP/1.1 also "works", yet we are moving to v2 (edit: more smoothly). Same for many other (low level) techs.

But maybe IPv6 is so low level that it has a lot more inertia...

[josephcsible]

Because we're running out of IPv4 addresses, and in a lot of cases, NAT doesn't work.

[throw0101a]

> Because we're running out of IPv4 addresses, and in a lot of cases, NAT doesn't work.

We have run out of IPv4 addresses. Past tense. Go to a RIR for some and you'll be put on a waiting list.

If you want a block of IPv4 space you'll be paying about US$ 30 per IP at the moment.

[IshKebab]

Because you want to use something better?