On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:03:58PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
And what happens when someone tries to get to the real address that Rogers happens to be using when they shouldn't??? The RFC1918 addresses were designed for this purpose. Of course the real fix is to move to IPv6 ASAP. In the U.S. Comcast has pretty much switched entirely to IPv6. A major reason was there weren't enough RFC1918 addresses to manage their internal network, without segmenting it, which would have created other problems.
According to reports I've read, Belgium is the leader in switching to IPv6, with the U.S. and Switzerland vying for 2nd place. Even Brazil and South Africa are well ahead of Canada in switching to IPv6. Canada used to be a world leader in telecom. Why are we so behind the times now?
BTW, check the address you're given on your smart phone on Rogers. You'll find it's in the 25.x.y.z range, which is assigned in England. As I mentioned, the problem with using those addresses is that it will cause problems for those on Rogers trying to reach the legitimate owners of those addresses.
24.114.x.x, which is very much a block assigned to rogers. So no, my rogers cell does not get a 25.* address. And rogers did ask iana what to do and was told they could use the 7.* block because they will never be used for machines on the public internet. -- Len Sorensen