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Originally Posted by pip08456
Most (if not all) ISP's will use a workround until it is absolutely neccessary to make the change.
The IPv6 scare has been around for at least 4 years, the fact is you probibly won't know when the change takes place as ISP's will be ready for it, they should have everything in place to do so.
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4 years?
How about 20?
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
I guess that home routers would need to be changed if they don't support IPv6?
Luckily mine does.
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Well, only if you want/need IPv6. The nice thing about a dual stack solution is that it works for devices that don't have IPv6 support. You just get what you have now.
I don't see IPv4 going anywhere any time soon. Virgin has plenty of spare IP's, probably as a result of so many cable mergers and their customer base isn't expanding enough for it to be an issue. Getting IPv6 to customers is more about solving the internal addressing issue that Igni describes and ensuring that customers have access to the IPv6-only internet, whenever that starts to be a thing.