On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Aaron Hopkins <li...@die.net> wrote: > Is it normal to bill for IPv6 service as a separate product? I was > surprised to hear from from my Akamai rep they they do: > >> Hi Aaron, We can add the IPV6 service to the contract at an additional >> cost of $XXX/month. Please let me know if you would like to go ahead with >> the service and I can create the contract and send it for your review. > > > I've been working on adding IPv6 support to my current project on my own > time, and am now ready to enable it. But as soon as there is a recurring > cost associated with IPv6 support, I need to be able to justify it. And I'm > afraid that I can't currently explain a benefit of enabling IPv6 for our > users. I'll likely end up not doing so while we're still an Akamai > customer. > > It's Akamai's network, so it's their choice. But big players adding > friction to enabling IPv6 certainly doesn't seem in everyone's best > interests in the long-term. > > -- Aaron
Cloudflare has a particularly progressive approach to IPv6 and SSL / TLS, you may want to look at them. http://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-the-last-reasons-to-not-enable-ipv6
