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[ominous_prime]

I think mobile carriers will be some of the first to transition. The number of devices they need to connect is exploding, and since they have more control over the devices than general ISPs, they can smooth the transition.

[eli → ominous_prime]

Nokia's been pushing IPv6 for a while. It apparently has a significant improvement in battery life because they no longer require devices to check in and renew DHCP leases as often.

[bryanlarsen → ominous_prime]

I'm under the impression that many mobile carriers already NAT their client's devices, so they've already "fixed" their problem.

[nfriedly → bryanlarsen]

I'm pretty sure T-mobile does something like this. I believe you can get a non-NAT'd address if you specifically ask for it.

[zaphoyd → ominous_prime]

This is happening already. All of Verizon's currently shipping LTE (4G) devices have native IPv6.

[millar → zaphoyd]

Verizon actually require 4G devices to support ipv6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#IPv6_support