[ale] [OT] AT&T/UVerse going to carrier grade NAT?

[Michael Campbell]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Geoffrey Myers
<lists at serioustechnology.com>wrote:

> On 06/07/2012 06:58 AM, Michael Campbell wrote:
> > ALErs,
> >
> > A buddy of mine on UVerse received a notice that he would have to change
> > his LAN from 10/8 to 192.168/16 for some "improvements" that AT&T was
> > about to roll out 6-Jul.
> >
> > The buzz on "dslreports.com <http://dslreports.com>" is that AT&T is
> > moving to a carrier grade NAT setup, and will be issuing all subscribers
> > a 10/8 address, resulting in subscribers no longer having a publicly
> > visible IP (static or not).
>
> So what about those of us who pay for static IPs?  I'm on u-verse and
> have not heard anything about this.
>

I don't know.  I didn't know a static IP was even available or I would have
also had one.  The rumor is that for $15/mo extra, they're going to allow
people to have a (presumably dynamic) IP, which I have now for no extra
cost.

Here's a thread on dslreports from one person who got the mail, and the
flurry of supposition and such afterwards:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r27139475-I-need-to-change-my-network-addresses-for-Uverse-expansion-

I have a neighbor that works at AT&T, and *HE* can't get a straight answer
from anyone there.  They're being extraordinarily cagey about the whole
thing.
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