Verizon wireless to stop issuing static IPv4

[rcarpen at network1.net (Randy Carpenter)]

It would have been nice if Verizon had starting issuing IPv6 while still issuing IPv4 for an easy transition. The current situation is that you can't get static IPv6 at all. I have been bugging them about this for many years.

thanks,
-Randy


----- On Mar 8, 2017, at 12:16 PM, David Hubbard dhubbard at dino.hostasaurus.com wrote:

> Thought the list would find this interesting.  Just received an email from VZ
> wireless that they?re going to stop selling static IPv4 for wireless
> subscribers in June.  That should make for some interesting support calls on
> the broadband/fios side; one half of the company is forcing ipv6, the other
> can?t provide it.  At least now we have a big name forcing the issue though.
> 
> David
> 
> Here?s complete text:
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> On June 30, 2017, Verizon will stop issuing new Public Static IPv4 addresses due
> to a shortage of available addresses. Customers that currently have active
> Public Static IPv4 addresses will retain those addresses, and Verizon will
> continue to fully support existing Public Static IPv4 addresses. In order to
> reserve new IP addresses, your company will need to convert to the Persistent
> Prefix IPv6 requirements and implement new Verizon-certified IPv6 devices.
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> Why should you make the move to Persistent Prefix IPv6?
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> ?
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> Unlike IPv4, which is limited to a 32-bit prefix, Persistent Prefix IPv6 has
> 128-bit addressing scheme, which aligns to current international agreements and
> standards.
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> ?
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> Persistent Prefix IPv6 will provide the device with an IP address unique to that
> device that will remain with that device until the address is relinquished by
> the user (i.e., when the user moves the device off the Verizon Wireless
> network).
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> ?
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> IPv4-only devices are not compatible with Persistent Prefix IPv6 addresses.