Re: Native IPv6 providers/datacenters list?

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Ryan Rawdon <ryan () u13 net> wrote:

> On Oct 9, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Christopher J. Pilkington wrote:
>
> > I want to make an informed response to a comment made by our
> > CenturyLink rep regarding IPv6, in the context of SAVVIS not
> > being able to provide IPv6 at their DC3 facility:
> >
> > > There is only a handful of carriers that can provide that
> > > service today and CenturyLink (Legacy Qwest) happen to be one
> > > of them.
> >
> > Is there a list of native IPv6 providers out there somewhere,
> > particularly one that includes hosting data centers (e.g.,
> > SAVVIS), with which I could cluebat^Wshare with my rep?
>
> I'm not sure about a list of facilities, but here's a start for transit providers who should be able to provide IPv6 
> connectivity:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_by_major_transit_providers

I'll come out in public and say that sometimes a backbone supports it but the datacenter group does not.  This is quite 
common core -> edge deployment strategy with network technology.  Some technology can grow from the edges inward, but 
IPv6 is not a technology that does it [well].

I've been observing some big increases in IPv6 traffic (its no longer measured in Mbps as from years ago, but in Gbps). 
 I'm waiting for it to approach a fair percentage of the IPv4 traffic but there are some big steps being made by the 
networks and edges to bridge this gap.

- Jared