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to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Victor Sudakov
date: 2021-09-16 19:59:00
subject: Unifi

Dear Michiel,

15 Sep 21 14:02, you wrote to me:

 BR>>> You can always get a tunneled IPv6 block free from HE.net and
 BR>>> tell your ISP to piss off. That's what I basically did and I've
 BR>>> been fine since.

 VS>> That's what I've done, but it results in a lower bandwidth over
 VS>> IPv6, and extra hops.

 MV> A tunnel is good, native IPv6 is better. I noticed it too when I used
 MV> tunnels. IPv6 over the tunnel is significantky slower than IPv4. Up to
 MV> 50% slower. Native IPv6 is always preferable so we we should all keep
 MV> perstering our ISPs about IPv6.

I fully agree.

 VS>> The bandwidth is so much lower that browsers tend to fall back to
 VS>> IPv4

 MV> I haven't seen that particular problem.

Please see my reply to Brian.

 VS>> (Yes I know there is a tweak to stop this behaviour in Firefox,
 VS>> nevertheless my IPv6 connection is inferior to IPv4).

 MV> As I said: native is preferable, but a tunnel is better than no IPv6
 MV> at all.

Sure.

Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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