On Aug 18, 2011, at 4:47 AM, Leigh Porter wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Frank Bulk [mailto:frnk...@iname.com] >> Sent: 18 August 2011 06:36 >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: IPv6 version of www.qwest.com/www.centurylink.com has been >> down for 10 days >> >> The IPv6 version of www.qwest.com has been down for 10 days. Wget >> shows a >> 301 to www.centurylink.com, but that also fails. Emails to the nocs at >> both >> companies have gone unanswered. Unless HE is deployed in a web >> browser, >> this behavior leads to a bad end-user experience. >> >> If anyone can prod either of these two companies that would be much >> appreciated. >> >> Frank > > It seems that any IPv6 efforts by organisations are best effort at most with > of course some notable exceptions who seem to offer a really very good > service (HE for example). It's starting to get to a point now, I think, that > some end users have IPv6 (Andrews and Arnold have offered IPv6 for years) and > issues such as these are just going to start to give IPv6 a bad name in the > eyes of consumers. > > It'd really suck for end users to start actively avoiding IPv6 connectivity > because it keeps breaking and for organisations that have active AAAA records > to break peoples connectivity to their resources. > >
+1 -- I'm all for publishing AAAA records as everyone knows, but, if you publish AAAA records for a consumer facing service, please support and monitor that service with a similar level to what you do for your IPv4 versions of the service. The coming years are going to be difficult enough for end-users without adding unnecessary anti-IPv6 sentiments to the mix. Owen
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