[przmk]

My ISP refuses to give you a static IPv6 prefix unless you're a business customer, despite having an "unlimited" amount of them. This results in me not bothering to set it up properly and focusing on IPv4 still.

[sliken]

Do you have a static IPv4, presumably a single IP?

I find it useful, mine does change periodically, but I just have a script that Updates DNS when it changes:

   nsupdate -v -y "${KEY_ALGO}:${KEY_NAME}:${KEY_SECRET}" <<EOF
   server $DNS_SERVER
   zone $ZONE 
   update delete $RECORD AAAA
   update add $RECORD 300 AAAA $CURRENT_IP
   show
   send
   EOF

Sure some services might notice for a bit, but it's plenty good for me.

[przmk]

I don't have a static IPv4 address and I have to use a DDNS built into the Caddy plugin on my OPNSense router. From what I understand, you can't get a static "local" (I know, IPv6 has no direct equivalent) address to use for a reverse proxy — at least not in an easy manner. I might be completely wrong but that's why I don't bother with IPv6.

[magicalhippo]

I technically have a dynamic IPv4 address from my ISP. I've had the same for five years now, across multiple power outages.

I also have a dynamic IPv6 prefix. That one changes at least once a week, regardless.

[ectospheno]

My ISP is xfinity. They say the same thing but my IPv6 address hasn't changed any more frequently than my IPv4. In my experience it changing isn't any more annoying than my v4 changing so I'm not sure why people still get up in arms about it.

[thaumasiotes]

In about a year of treating my comcast-assigned ipv6 address as static, it changed once.

Sadly, this happened despite me specifically requesting the same address as always. That caused me some grief. But it's not common.

[unethical_ban]

This should be illegal. Yes, in this case, I'm not saying that as a figure of speech. ISPs are a utility, and building that kind of artificial scarcity into something that is really damned near infinite is highly anti-consumer.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Get a virtual server and do the things on it that you'd want a static address for. Use a VPN connection back to your home to merge it with your network. This is a great way to deal with CGNAT.

[dboreham]

My ISP (naming no names...erum...Spectrum) refuses to even admit they know what IPv6 is. It's like asking the NSA what Menwith Hill is for...

[zokier]

https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/ipv6

https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/ipv6-faq

> IPv6 is available today with an IPv6 capable modem in the majority of Spectrum’s footprint.

[patmorgan23]

I've had v6 on spectrum for 5 years

[iso1631]

I recently moved house and looked at a new offer from a new ISP for a long term lockin but a cheap price. They used CG-NAT. I instead chose one which gives me as many ipv4s or ipv6s as I can reasonably use, doesn't oversubscribe its upsteam connectivity etc.

For home internet service I would prefer to pay extra for a better service, it's too important to try to penny-pinch 0.1% of my income on it.

But then I live in a capitalist country where there's competition, I believe some countries you don't get a choice.

[immibis]

FYI it's practically impossible not to oversubscribe your upstream connectivity unless they either spend way too much money or offer very slow service to users. Consider ten thousand users with 1G connections - should they have 10 terabit upstream?

The more practical thing to look for is that they aim to upgrade it based on need, instead of arbitrarily throttling the users.

[snalty]

For those in the UK who want a static IPv4 or IPv6 block AAISP offer a L2TP service for £2/month. It's limited to 3 megabit/s but might be enough for some use cases.

[ToniCipriani]

Same here, I had a working IPv6 setup previously with my DSL provider, but now that I moved to a fibre connection, the new one refuses to support it.

[OptionOfT]

But do they give you PD?

My prefix is tied to the mac address of the device that's connected to the PON.