It’s a pretty simple question (if you’re an IT geek, anyway): “Hello [insert Internet provider's name here], I was just wondering when you will start supporting IPv6, or if there’s a plan to do that at all.”

Call up your ISP’s help line and (unless it’s a really good one) watch the total chaos and confusion ensue. I did this today and got a plethora of (sometimes conflicting) answers, such as:

“We will not support IPv6 for the foreseeable future.”
“We already support it, just not for your type of connection.”
“If you’re not seeing it your own equipment must not support it.”
“IPvWhat?”

Actually the answers do not really matter, just the total confusion and bewilderment in the voices of the people you’re transferred to, coupled with the game of hot potato as people try to pass you through to another victim to get rid of you is quite possibly the reason I’ll be making this my new hobby. Forget drunk dialing or prank calls, this is fun!

Maybe one day they’ll even give me a real answer. But how could I tell?