If you connected to Internet ONLY through Cogent - there is no other way. If you have another upstreams - Google should be reachable.
On 24.02.16 21:46, Matt Hoppes wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Cogent isn't peering with Google IPv6, > shouldn't the traffic flow out to one of their peer points where another > peer DOES peer with Google IPv6 and get you in? > > Isn't that how the Internet is suppose to work? > > > On 2/24/16 2:43 PM, Damien Burke wrote: >> Not sure. I got the same thing today as well. >> >> Is this some kind of ipv6 war? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ian Clark >> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:25 AM >> To: NANOG >> Subject: Cogent & Google IPv6 >> >> Anyone know what's actually going on here? We received the following >> information from the two of them, and this just started a week or so ago. >> >> >> *From Cogent, the transit provider for a branch office of ours:* >> >> Dear Cogent Customer, >> >> Thank you for contacting Cogent Customer Support for information about >> the Google IPv6 addresses you are unable to reach. >> >> Google uses transit providers to announce their IPv4 routes to Cogent. >> >> At this time however, Google has chosen not to announce their IPv6 >> routes to Cogent through transit providers. >> >> We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and will notify >> you if there is an update to the situation. >> >> >> >> *From Google (re: Cogent):* >> >> Unfortunately it seems that your transit provider does not have IPv6 >> connectivity with Google. We suggest you ask your transit provider to >> look for alternatives to interconnect with us. >> >> Google maintains an open interconnect policy for IPv6 and welcomes any >> network to peer with us for access via IPv6 (and IPv4). For those >> networks that aren't able, or chose not to peer with Google via IPv6, >> they are able to reach us through any of a large number of transit >> providers. >> >> For more information in how to peer directly with Google please visit >> https://peering.google.com >> >> >> -- >> Ian Clark >> Lead Network Engineer >> DreamHost >> >
