Skype super nodes now all at Microsoft

[Steven Noble]

On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Cameron Byrne wrote:
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> Now that Skype is only run out of MSFT seems more likely they should be able to add ipv6 support. .... They are no longer a heterogenous p2p signalling andbproxying  network, so it would be relatively easy for them to broker / proxy a v6 to v4 call.
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> http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft/
> 

I don't believe any of the other MSFT properties are IPv6 accessible (at least the www versions).  What would make Skype special?

ping6 www.microsoft.com
ping6 www.live.com
ping6 www.msn.com
ping6: getaddrinfo -- nodename nor servname provided, or not known

ping6 www.google.com
PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2610:d0::xxxx --> 2001:4860:4001:802::1010