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Re: IPv6 and CDN's


From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:06:00 -0800


On 11/26/21 1:44 PM, Jean St-Laurent via NANOG wrote:

Here are some maths and 1 argument kicking ass pitch for CFO’s that use iphones.

*Apple tells app devs to use IPv6 as it's 1.4 times faster than IPv4*

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-tells-app-devs-to-use-ipv6-as-its-1-4-times-faster-than-ipv4/

Build around that maybe?


This really hits my bs meter big time. I can't see how nat'ing is going to cause a 40% performance hit during connections. The article also mentions http2 (and later v3) which definitely make big improvements so I'm suspecting that the author is conflating them.

Mike

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