[arin-ppml] IPv6 Backbone Anecdotes

[Paul G. Timmins]

UUnet had no problem provisioning ours, once I found someone to prove to
them it existed. Now if they'd only fix the problem with the tunneling
on their junipers, I wouldn't have pMTU issues that make it nearly
unusable.

-Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net]
On
> Behalf Of Ron Cleven
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:36 PM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: [arin-ppml] IPv6 Backbone Anecdotes
> 
> We have two backbone providers, Cogent and Level3.  In response to our
> recent inquiries, Cogent indicated they planned to begin routing IPv6
> "later this year" and Level3 indicated they were able to route it now.
> 
> What I found more interesting was Level3's reaction to our inquiry.
> Level3 has one of the largest IP networks on our continent and across
> the pond.  They were modestly surprised to get an inquiry of this
type.
>   Specifically, the engineer assigned to our account said he hasn't
> deployed a single IPv6 connection in 5 years of being with the
company.
>   He personally knew of no one other than a few government entities
> even
> doing any testing.
> 
> Anecdotally, it sounds like the IPv6 transition is moving right along.
> 
> Ron Cleven
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