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It's interesting to see this looks like it was drafted by a Time Warner Cable employee, and yet my twc internet still doesn't support IPv6. Though it gives me hope that maybe it's coming soon?

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If your equipment is all IPv6-capable, you may just need to have swap out your modem. Time Warner Cable has achieved 100% IPv6 availability (possibly excluding certain phone customers):

http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/support/faqs/faqs-internet...

.. except no static ipv6 even for commercial / business class users? wt---

What's the point? The addresses TWC assigns are extremely stable in my experience. Are you trying to run a public-facing DNS server or do you have some other need to hard-code IP addresses?

Well, DNS needs you to "hard"code the IP addresses you are available at against your domains.

Before you suggest DDNS, for some companies, the length of unavailability between a changed IP and the DDNS client noticing and updating can be fatal.

why are they hosting services on their dynamically addressed business line? everyone offers static addressing on business lines. it's a completely rip off; and conveniently makes the proper route -- colocation, a dedicated server, "the cloud" -- more financially sound.

The draft is written by a Time Warner Cable employee, Lee Howard. Lee has been an outspoken advocate for IPv6 for many years and has been very involved with TWC's rollout of IPv6. (I am a TWC customer and did get IPv6 in Keene, NH, about 2 years ago.)

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