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by slackdog 1201 days ago
I'll switch when IPv4 stops working. Until then, I have no reason to switch.

> It's costing ISPs

I hate my ISP so this is actually a feature. If they add an IPv4 surcharge to my bill then I'll reconsider.

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> I'll switch when IPv4 stops working. Until then, I have no reason to switch.

IPv4 has stopped working for a lot of people already, especially if they're not with a fancy-pants ISP with lots of legacy IPv4 addresses already 'in the bank'. From another discussion:

> I've actually run into this [CG NAT] helping a friend host a game server on their residential internet in a more rural part of Texas. They had to call their ISP and request a static IP address at an extra cost of something like $5/mo.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35046929

IPv4 is also not working for the Indian reservation mentioned in the article: they had to spend >$200K to support these Roku devices.

Sure, I get that. But it's their problem, not my problem. I'll only switch when it becomes my problem.