[arin-ppml] Looking at just the proandcon merits of 2009-1review

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Kargel
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:09 AM
> To: Joel Jaeggli; Lee Dilkie
> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Looking at just the proandcon merits 
> of 2009-1review
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] 
> > On Behalf Of Joel Jaeggli
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 5:41 PM
> > To: Lee Dilkie
> > Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> > Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Looking at just the pro andcon merits of 
> > 2009- 1review
> > 
> > Lee Dilkie wrote:
> > 
> > > I really wish I had an ISP that offered native but alas, 
> none to be 
> > > found around here.
> > 
> > Wait, there are no commercial ISPs with a presence in 
> Ottowa that will 
> > provide ipv6? That beggars the imagination.
> > 
> > > -lee
> Ottowa?  I would love to live in Ottowa, are you offering me 
> a job?  ;)
> 
> Our location is central North Dakota, USA.  
> 
> I have looked in to utilizing tunnel methods for IPv6, and 
> actually have a tunnel established, but I am very hesitant to 
> start to transit production traffic over a tunnel for a 
> number of reasons, reliability being one, and cost if I start 
> to generate significant traffic being another.  
> 
> The no-cost experimental tunnel is a wonderful thing I am 
> immensely grateful for, but I do not want to abuse the privilege.
> 

I feel compelled as well to point out that advocating tunnels
just gives upstream providers yet another excuse to avoid running
IPv6 natively.

Ted