[arin-discuss] Implementing IPv6

[JCHost.net - James Cornick]

I literally just fell out of my chair from laughing.

On 2/22/2013 11:58 AM, Oliver Ddin wrote:
>
> We received our /32 IPv6 block from ARIN awhile back but before we 
> could do anything with it we needed to do some hardware / IOS upgrades 
> on our backbone.  We got enough of that finished last week that we 
> decided to "roll out" IPv6 and see how things looked.
>
> After a couple days of trouble shooting why none of the engineers in 
> our data center could reach their Hurricane Electric Tunnel networks 
> at home (and vice versa),  I stopped looking at our backbone and 
> started looking at Google.
>
> It appears that the squabble started in 2009 between Cogent and HE is 
> still in progress.  I was wondering if anyone on this list had any 
> "inside" information about the problem and whether or not there was an 
> end in sight. It seems to me that having a disconnect between two 
> major players is going to hinder IPv6 adaptation.
>
> This isn't a squabble per se -- HE have always expressed that they are 
> more than happy to peer with Cogent -- They even sent them a cake at 
> one point. Nonetheless, the whole thing ultimately comes down to 
> competition; Cogent's opinion is (cough cough, allegedly) that HE 
> should be paying them for peering. Sensibly, HE hasn't acquiesced to 
> that and so we practically end up with two IPv6 Internets -- I'll 
> leave it to you to decide who is running the better connected one.
>
> I don't think there's any end in sight, but maybe one day Cogent's 
> IPv6 prefix reachability will become ghastly enough for them and/or 
> their customers that they change their tune.
>
> Regardless of that of course, this speaks to exactly why single-homing 
> yourself is typically not in your best interests.
>
> Oliver Ddin
>
> Senior Network Engineer & Chief IPv6 Architect
>
> ZeroLag Communications
>
> ZeroLag - Embracing IPv6:
>
> http://www.zerolag.com/ipv6
>
> Disclaimer: All content, opinions and statements herein are entirely 
> my own.
>
>
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