Re: v6 bgp peer costs?

[Zaid Ali <zaid () zaidali com>]

I already have a v6 BGP tunnel with Hurricane Electric and works like a
charm :) It is other vendors I am concerned about.

Zaid


On 7/21/10 12:38 PM, "Mike Leber" <mleber () he net> wrote:

> You can get a free IPv6 BGP tunnel from Hurricane Electric at
> http://tunnelbroker.net
>
> We have tunnel servers spread through out the world, so typically the
> nearest server has reasonably low latency from your location.
>
> Of course our main business is selling wholesale native IPv6 and IPv4
> transit, however you don't have to be a paying customer to use our free
> service.
>
> Mike.
>
> On 7/21/10 12:08 PM, 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zaid