[ale] IPv6 and Atlantic Nexus

[David Tomaschik]

On 02/03/2011 06:53 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> I sent an email to AtNex inquiring about their plans for IPv6. I was
> hoping they might be planning to assign a v6 address in addition to
> the v4 address for those with static v4s. Here is the response:
> 
> "We have no plans to use or deploy ipV6 yet.  As far as I can tell, ipV6
> is still not a functional technology.  I'm sure there will be a rush by
> the manufacturers and standards people to beat it into shape now that
> IANA has delegated the last blocks to the RIRs.  But, there will be
> trading in V4 addresses that, I think, will extend the life of V4 for
> many years.
> 
> And, as far as the DSL network goes, most of the CPE in our customer
> base does not support V6.  Neither does our Redback at the head end of
> the network.
> 
> Better figure on tunnels if you really want to use V6."
> 
> So if you are using AtNex, and thought you might able to get an
> assignment directly from them any time soon, you can forget about it.
> 

I'm glad to read this.  I had considered the idea of switching ISPs to
AtNex.  Definitely won't be doing so now.  (Not because of a lack of
IPv6, but because of the attitude towards IPv6.)

David