fwiw we have v6 transit from internap in metro atlanta. setup was drama-free. up until about 6 months ago it was offered on a non-production basis and only as a tunnel, now it's dual stacked to our customer edge.
joel On 2/4/11 7:05 AM, Scott Helms wrote: > We have been working diligently for more than 6 months to try and get a > /56 routed to one of our offices in metro Atlanta. The carrier in > question is a Tier 1 as well as being one of the old telecom names. I > have the entire chain of emails documenting the carrier's struggles with > internal process and technical issues. We are currently waiting for a > new edge router to be ready to transfer our existing circuits to. Not > that it matters but we were also told that we would be moved from a > Cisco to a Juniper. Once I realized how much of a struggle that was > turning into I contacted some of our other providers (a mix of Tier 1 & > 2 ISPs and collocation providers) as of this moment none of them (though > some seem close) are actually prepared to deliver IPv6 connectivity > where we need it despite some of them already touting preparedness. > > What I think is worth remembering is that there are a _lot_ of moving > parts to get right to actually route an IPv6 block down a connection. > Some of those parts are technical like making sure an edge router that > may have been in place for years can handle IPv6 traffic _and_ that > addition won't cause a CPU or other issue on the specific platform > you're looking at. Some of the others are simply business process > pieces like making sure contracts, internal and external documentation, > and work flow that need to be updated. > > TLDR version, marketing often fails to reflect reality :) > > On 2/3/2011 10:04 PM, Franck Martin wrote: >> The biggest complaint that I hear from ISPs, is that their upstream >> ISP does not support IPv6 or will not provide them with a native IPv6 >> circuit. >> >> Is that bull? >> >> I thought the whole backbone is IPv6 now, and it is only the >> residential ISPs that are still figuring it out because CPE are still >> not there yet. >> >> Where can I get more information? Any list of peering ISPs that have >> IPv6 as part of their products? >> >> It seems to me the typical answer sales people say when asked about >> IPv6: "Gosh, this is the first time I'm asked this one". >> > >