I apologize if there is an easy answer and I'm just missing it, but I can't seem to figure this out:
Right now, your ISP gives you one (or more) IPv4 address(es) that your router uses on the WAN side and then you have a local LAN with it's own IPv4 address scope and NAT makes it possible to have more than one device share the connection (I know there is more to it- I summarized for the sake of your eyes and my fingers).
From what I understand, IPv6 was designed to have "end-to-end" connectivity such that devices will communicate directly with the internet and each other (with a firewall of course) without the need for things like NAT.
So my question is, assuming that my ISP switches to IPv6 tomorrow and I connect my 101 IPv6 ready devices at my house to the internet, is my ISP going to issue 101 IPv6 addresses to me?
At work we have 5 static IPv4 addresses and we have to pay extra for those addresses, so the economics of the IPv6 rollout kind of elude me. I realize that in most cases, the addresses will be assigned by DHCP unless you need static (such as at work), so I'm guessing that your 101 devices will reach out to your ISP for DHCP assignment as opposed to getting it from your home router.
Will ISPs start billing customers "per device" or something like that?
Anyways- just a curious question that I'd love to know your opinion (or facts) about...