RE: v6 bgp peer costs?

[Brandon Kim <brandon.kim () brandontek com>]

Is dual-stacking with an edge device considered native? Or is "true" native when you have
an edge device or any network device for that matter that's v6 only? 

Just curious....



> Subject: Re: v6 bgp peer costs?
> From: marcoh () marcoh net
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:22:14 +0200
> To: zaid () zaidali com
> CC: nanog () nanog org
>
>
> On 21 jul 2010, at 21:08, Zaid Ali wrote:
>
> > I currently have a v4 BGP session with AS 701 and recently requested a v6
> > BGP session to which I was told a tunnel session will be provided (Same
> > circuit would be better but whatever!). Towards the final stage in
> > discussions I was told that it will cost $1500. I find this quite ridiculous
> > and it will certainly not motivate people to move to v6 if providers put a
> > direct price tag on it. I am going through a bandwidth reseller though so I
> > am not sure who is trying to jack me here. Has anyone here gone through a
> > similar experience?
>
> I think the main question here would be, what they would charge for a change to a v4 session. Most likely they just 
> decided that setting up the tunnel and configuring BGP takes time and since time is money they decided to charge for 
> you. Seems like a reasonabe rule of business, why should it be free ? At the same time, the same set of economics 
> will probably find you somebody who will do this for less and maybe even is happy to take your business and setup 
> v4/v6 dual stack for free.
>
> So get a quote from a competitor, call back 701 and offer them the choice of setting up the tunnel or loose a 
> customer. My personal preference would be to leave and find somebody who can do native all the way.
>
> MarcoH