[afnog] IPv6 for residential customers in Mauritius

[Jan Zorz - ISOC]

On 17/08/16 15:43, Mark Tinka wrote:
> Unfortunately, a number of mobile operations in Africa do not support
> device plans for consumers. So without the cash to buy a device
> outright, getting IPv6 out there on the back of a supported device will
> be difficult, but not insurmountable.

This can be done gradually. What mobile operators usually do is to 
enable dual-stack support on GGSN (usually even on same APN, but not 
necessary) and then change the carrier default setting in source code of 
Android to default to IPv6 APN and IPv6 protocol.

When the code with changed default for that operator comes to devices 
and they are being sold in the country, buyer will insert their SIM into 
device and do the initial config and start using IPv6 right away without 
even noticing. That's how T-Mobile USA did it (and also others), so it's 
fool-proof. Cameron Byrne did that in Android 4.4 (as he was convinced 
that 464XLAT perfectly works from 4.4 up), and that carrier setting is 
now carried over to all consecutive versions of Android.

For other devices there are different methods, but that's how you 
gradually start getting android phones on IPv6. Apple IOS now demands 
IPv6 support for all applications in their app-store, so hey, how hard 
can it be?

Cheers, Jan