Just thinking aloud, they may justify it based on
the fact that many ISPs they have colocated
servers with do not support IPv6 yet, so they end
up having to send that traffic through more costly routes.
That argument is a bit hollow though - they
should be taking a leadership role in adoption,
rather than putting up roadblocks.
At 12:56 PM 18/08/2014, Mehmet Akcin wrote:
I meant to ask. Did you ask akamai why they
would be charging for ipv6? Is there any logical
reason other than just wanting to make little
more money, that makes them have to charge for ipv6?
-----Original Message-----
From: "Aaron Hopkins" <li...@die.net>
Sent: â8/â18/â2014 9:53 AM
To: "Mehmet Akcin" <meh...@akcin.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: RE: Akamai charges for IPv6 support?
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, Mehmet Akcin wrote:
> What did they say when you asked them(Akamai)?
I quoted their response in my mail; sorry if that wasn't clear. They
offered to enable IPv6 service for a non-trivial monthly recurring fee,
which they offered to send me a revised contract to include.
> I would imagine ipv6 to be included in price not an additional fee.
I was surprised to find that wasn't the case.
-- Aaron
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