On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Ryan Rawdon <r...@u13.net> wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Christopher J. Pilkington wrote: > >> I want to make an informed response to a comment made by our >> CenturyLink rep regarding IPv6, in the context of SAVVIS not >> being able to provide IPv6 at their DC3 facility: >> >>> There is only a handful of carriers that can provide that >>> service today and CenturyLink (Legacy Qwest) happen to be one >>> of them. >> >> Is there a list of native IPv6 providers out there somewhere, >> particularly one that includes hosting data centers (e.g., >> SAVVIS), with which I could cluebat^Wshare with my rep? >> > > I'm not sure about a list of facilities, but here's a start for transit > providers who should be able to provide IPv6 connectivity: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_by_major_transit_providers
I'll come out in public and say that sometimes a backbone supports it but the datacenter group does not. This is quite common core -> edge deployment strategy with network technology. Some technology can grow from the edges inward, but IPv6 is not a technology that does it [well]. I've been observing some big increases in IPv6 traffic (its no longer measured in Mbps as from years ago, but in Gbps). I'm waiting for it to approach a fair percentage of the IPv4 traffic but there are some big steps being made by the networks and edges to bridge this gap. - Jared
