In message <CA+4TWFtkjkASEG+grECbAv6-fvGT+k-EhXNw5jitDYN3370DtQ@mail.gmail.com>, Chris Knipe writes:
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There's little reason to buy a newer TV more than every 5 - 10 years, so many TVs will be stranded until (if) they have some unifying firmware.
Well the TV is also meaningless if the CPE, and (at the very least) service provider don't support IPv6. And yes, that is unfortunately reality. If you look beyond the US and EU, and maybe Brazil, the rest of the world, unfortunately, is FAR from IPv6 adoption, and that *is* reality.
$CPE << $TV and CPE are easily replaced with one that supports IPv6 even if it is only via a tunnel initially while you wait for the ISP to deliver IPv6 natively. So requesting IPv6 support in the TV isn't meaningless. The TV will also most probably still be in use when the ISP finally delivers IPv6. Having the devices in the home support IPv6 before the ISP does is how we get 50+% IPv6 traffic the moment the ISP switches on IPv6 / CPE is replaced with one that supports IPv6. The world is waiting for the ISP's to get off their collective backsides and deliver IPv6.
Hence my initial comments... It's going to be many more years, before IPv6 is the "fix" for any real problems currently experienced with IPv4. Sad, but unfortunately, true.
It will only be years if the ISP's let it be years. Your cell phones support IPv6, your desktop/laptop supports IPv6, increasing numbers of TVs, game devices, printers all support IPv6. If random IoT doesn't support IPv6 DON'T BUY IT and complain to the sales person that it doesn't support IPv6. Getting IPv6 support doesn't cost anymore, it just requires one to be a little choosy.
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