RE: Google Over IPV6

["TJ" <trejrco () gmail com>]

> > > AFAIK you have to have native peering with them to be part of the
> > > pilot.  At least, you did when we signed up.  They may have relaxed
> > > that since.
> >
> > According to a Google IPv6 talk I attended yesterday, they don't
> > intend to relax that rule.  Tunneling ipv6 connectivity over ipv4 is
> > trash quality engineering and to be honest, its not a credible
> > substitute for adequate ipv6 infrastructure.
>
> <facetious>
> Tunneling ipv4 over mpls is trash quality engineering and it's not a credible
> substitute for adequate ipv4 infrastructure.
> </facetious>
>
> Everything is a tunnel...

Indeed, but the differentiator here is that the transport for the tunnel in question also provides connectivity to the 
destination; i.e. - you can get to Google over IPv4.  
You do not (or, atleast I do not :)) have the option of connecting to Google "over" MPLS, Ethernet, etc.


/TJ