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I believe we should thank Jio[1] for this one. I get IPv6 on my Jio connection, but neither with ActFibernet[2] nor Airtel[3] (another major ISP in India).

1. https://www.jio.com

2. https://www.actcorp.in

3. https://www.airtel.in

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Yep, Jio launched their network in 2016ish, and didn't get many IPv4 addresses (probably didn't want to spend the significant amount of money to aquire addresses, maybe couldn't find large enough blocks for sale), as a result they require their branded devices to work with IPv6 and pressure their partners to do IPv6 as well.

I have no stats, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the largest single action driving v6 adoption ever.

Likewise, we should shame hyperscalers that continue to treat IPv6 as a distant second class citizen. AWS, I'm looking at you.

Azure belongs there too

We can expect IPv6 adoption to improve among all wireline providers in coming few years.

https://dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/Revision%20in%20IPV6%...

I’m using act fiber and got ipv6 address

There was a podcast a while ago discussing with Jio the reasons for going IPv6.

https://blog.apnic.net/2022/03/03/podcast-taking-ipv6-by-the...

That was an interesting read. Thank you for sharing.

Came here to say this!

I don't know of any ISPs that provide IPv6. Only Jio. So almost all IPv6 users from India are on mobile.

No idea about Mobile (I'm on Airtel). I have all the three connections bonded/balanced for my home connection using a very simple router. I stumbled on Jio being IPv6, so decided to check the others and they weren't.

> I have all the three connections bonded/balanced for my home connection using a very simple router.

Can you give some pointers (to someone who has practically no networking knowledge) on how to set something like this up? I have an ACT connection and am considering an additional Jio one; I'd assumed that the mess of having two routers and two Wifi networks was inevitable, didn't know this was an option.

Start with something like TP-Link's TL-R605[1] Gigabit Multi-WAN Router. It should be easy for anyone who can follow instructions.

Here is a picture when I setup mine - https://www.instagram.com/p/CUWeopdPVOp/

1. https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/omada-sdn-rou...

I get IPv6 on both Jio and Airtel. Have you updated APN settings in your phone?

Hmmm! I had to searched up and read up on "APN settings". I had absolutely no idea prior to this. I looked up in my iOS Preferences, could don't find them and honestly I don't want to touch those.

I am not sure what it is called on iOS but on Android it's called "Access point names". In that there are bunch of access points basically for data, mms. For Airtel you have to go into settings of "airtelgprs.com" APN and change bearer from IPv4 to IPv6 or IPv4/IPv6.

In most cases it should happen automatically.

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