[arin-ppml] IPv6 Backbone Anecdotes

[Joel Jaeggli]

rob servis wrote:
> When I asked AT&T -- I got two 3-page PDF's dated 2005, revised November
> 2007 that seemed, well, more marketing focused.  Bottom line they aren't
> doing anything and haven't done anything except what has been 'mandated' by
> the government.  This was one of the really precious lines:
> 
> "AT&T's global network architecture is based on MPLS and thus is IP-version
> independent This core architecture has been designed to support IPv6 from
> its early design phases."

AT&T  (as 7018) can and does provide ipv6 transit service to customers
that need it. mpls or otherwise they can provide the service, albeit
sometimes in a somewhat less than optimal fashion.

Note that any material dated before Nov 18, 2005 is from a different
company also called at&t.

> It'll be fun to watch the millions of IPV4 users on SBC Yahoo DSL magically
> transition to IPV6 with no serious work needed by ATT.