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   Hello Bj”rn,   
      
   On Tuesday July 22 2025 22:16, you wrote to Mike Powell:   
      
    BF>    If you take a look at the list, which Michiel has updated for the   
    BF> Fidonews like clockwork every Sunday at 22:00 CET for years, you'll   
    BF> see that around 80% have Native (i.e. from their provider) IPv6.   
      
   Five years ago I would have expected this figure to be higher by now. Here in   
   The Netherlands "my provider does not support it" is no longer an excuse.   
   Although there still are a few IPv4 only providers, customers have a choice.   
   Almost everywhere one has a choice between providers and there is alway one   
   that supports IPv6. The two IPv4 only nodes in R28 are so not because their   
   provider does not offer IPv6 but because they insist on holding on to an   
   archaic IPv4 only OS (RiscOS).   
      
   Here in The Netherlands, providers are not the problem. And neither - apart   
   from those hanging on to an archaic OS - are the customers. The lagards are to   
   be found in the business sector. Many postpone the transition to IPv6 because   
   there is no short term business case. Or so they say... :-(   
      
   It is my understanding that in many parts of the rest of the world the   
   situation is different. Many poviders still do not offer IPv6 and there is no   
   competition between providers.   
      
    BF>    You'll also see that the remaining 20% all but one use a tunnel   
    BF> from he.net. So why do you have to wait? Get ready for the future,   
    BF> already.   
      
   Hurricane Electric still offers their world wide tunnel service free of   
   charge. SixXs stopped eight years ago because they figured it was time for the   
   poviders to to their job. Or because they got tired of it. But he.net is still   
   on-air. I can't help wondering for how long. But for now it may be a matter of   
   "use it por loose it"   
      
   So to all sysops that still have that bit of pioneer spirit left in them end   
   who are stuck with a provider that offers no native IPv6 I say: Use the   
   service of he.net to join the Fidonet IPv6 club!   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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