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Will this trick become unavailable after the 3UK-VF merger in the upcoming months?
 
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Nobody knows, but I expect not.
They'll probably sell a lot of the ipv4, that's my bet.
It seems like VF are about to start catering to this use case a bit more themselves (e.g CCTV with Static IP we saw the other day), so I wouldn't worry too much. A nearby VPN never caused too much bother for me anyway
 
Well, the IP addresses on the 3internet APN are not static, but crucially, they're not CG-NAT-ed.
Indeed, they are "public IPs" worth £40 a pop or god knows how much.

Ipv6 adoption has been such failure..
 
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Indeed, they are "public IPs" worth £40 a pop or god knows how much.

Ipv6 adoption has been such failure..
IPv6 is awful. That's all I've got to say on the matter.
 
Well, the IP addresses on the 3internet APN are not static, but crucially, they're not CG-NAT-ed.
But they don't allow inbound connections (or didn't last time I used it - happy to be corrected), so what's the meaningful benefit there

IPv6 is awful. That's all I've got to say on the matter.
Millions of UK internet users (principally BT and Sky customers) happily use it just fine. Shoddy foot-dragging ISPs are letting the side down, but there's nothing intrinsic to IPv6 that makes it "awful".
 
But they don't allow inbound connections (or didn't last time I used it - happy to be corrected), so what's the meaningful benefit there
They certainly did the last time I tried, but that was probably a few years ago.

But another benefit of not having CG-NAT is not having problems with online banking and having to do loads of captchas due to sharing an external IP with lots of other users.
 
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IPv6 is awful. That's all I've got to say on the matter.
I wouldn’t say it’s awful. It works great if you have it. I really can’t understand why UK ISPs have such a hard time deploying it. Even if no services are delivered over it, it’s not that difficult to provide it. EE did it years ago, albeit with a janky solution that rewrote everything IPv4 into v6 and caused a few issues.
 
May sound a daft question but which is the best apn for hosting a web site on a LAMP set up ?

Currently using a Smarty SIM with the Three "3internet" apn.
 
May sound a daft question but which is the best apn for hosting a web site on a LAMP set up ?

Currently using a Smarty SIM with the Three "3internet" apn.
You can use any APN you like with Smarty Glitchinthesystem, it just ignores them and uses its own anyway. 🤷‍♂️
(Unless things have changed, I'm not with them now)
 
May sound a daft question but which is the best apn for hosting a web site on a LAMP set up ?

Currently using a Smarty SIM with the Three "3internet" apn.
according to the post above, 3internet is probably the only APN on any UK network that would let you do this. (the BT business 4g backup service also allows you to do this, but obviously that's tied to a BT broadband line and equipment)

i'm not sure *why* you'd want to do it on the end of a 4G connection though
 
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according to the post above, 3internet is probably the only APN on any UK network that would let you do this. (the BT business 4g backup service also allows you to do this, but obviously that's tied to a BT broadband line and equipment)

i'm not sure *why* you'd want to do it on the end of a 4G connection though

It was a "is it possible" type question as used to do it in a Virgin Media fixed broadband line some years ago.

Also I'm on a 5G connection so deffo has the bandwidth ( both ways) to support a low traffic web site.
 
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Probably for the same reasons why you'd want one on any broadband connection, the fact it's 4g/5g makes no difference. Its not like 4g upload is so pithy as to be useless. I have a 5g router that's able to do 80Mb up, far exceeding an FTTC line.
big difference is that a) fixed line is more consistent and b) it's far more practical, as its easier to get a static IP, IPv6, a guarantee that you won't suddenly see port blocks or CGNAT.

I certainly wouldn't rely on 4G or indeed 5G for even the most hobby-level stuff - and especially not the Happy Shopper MVNO version! (which apparently won't work anyway). Probably not as strange as the people who replace their FTTP with starlink or 5G though...

Can't say I've ever seen that sort of result on any UK mobile network, even when stood inside the HQ of one of the four MNOs. You must be very lucky.
 
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