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Q: Is there any ISP in Boston that will provide me with an IPv6 connection? ( No Answer,   4 Comments )
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Subject: Is there any ISP in Boston that will provide me with an IPv6 connection?
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: gregburd-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 30 Nov 2005 18:57 PST
Expires: 30 Dec 2005 18:57 PST
Question ID: 599786
I live in the Beacon Hill district of Boston, MA.  I would like to
have a high speed IPv6 network connection.  Right now I use Comcast
and its okay, but not what I'd like.  My IP is dynamic (I'd prefer
static, with v6 I should be allocated a block of addresses).  I'd
settle for a fast connection with IPv6 support via tunneling, but I'd
prefer a real IPv6 connection right onto the 6bone.  Talking to the
help desks of the major ISPs in the area is like pulling teeth.  They
just don't get it.  Most of them don't even know what the term 'IPv6'
is.  Its not even in their training manuals.  Ideally, I'd plug in
some device to some network drop (cable, DSL, fiber, whatever) and
that device would then connect via ethernet to some wireless router
(that I own) and dispense IPv6 addresses to my local computers (and
IPv4 addresses to those devices that are too lame to do v6 yet).  My
problem is that I can't find such an ISP, can you?
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Subject: Re: Is there any ISP in Boston that will provide me with an IPv6 connection?
From: feldersoft-ga on 30 Nov 2005 20:25 PST
 
You could try verio, but I don't know if they will do a non commercial site:
http://www.verio.com/access/ipv6.cfm

I think you'd have trouble finding a residential provider of ipv6,
after all not that many residential customers would use it.
Subject: Re: Is there any ISP in Boston that will provide me with an IPv6 connection?
From: gregburd-ga on 01 Dec 2005 06:10 PST
 
The Verio idea is a good one, I tried to email them and got this: "550
cannot deliver to usipv6@verio.net" so I'm betting they don't get a
lot of requests for IPv6.  I bet that if I call the number I'll run
into the same level of ignorance I've found at other ISPs, but I'll
give it a try next.  The second problem will be that they are selling
commercial grade solutions with commercial sized prices.  If IPv6 is
going to catch on, we need something that starts at $29/month just
like v4 DSL/Cable solutions residential customers enjoy today.  Hence
my question, is there such an ISP or is the IPv6 migration stalled due
to lack of availability?
Subject: Re: Is there any ISP in Boston that will provide me with an IPv6 connection?
From: feldersoft-ga on 01 Dec 2005 09:59 PST
 
IPv6 migration is stalled because there is no real push to adopt it. 
As far as most people are concerned, IPv4 works fine.
Subject: Re: Is there any ISP in Boston that will provide me with an IPv6 connection?
From: gregburd-ga on 01 Dec 2005 12:21 PST
 
There is no real push to adopt it because every time there is
something that is painful enough to force such an adoption someone
creates a work around (NAT for IP addresses, then STUN for dealing
with VoIP from within a NAT based network for example) that is less
than ideal but more than enough to limp along.  But I'd rather not get
into some religious debate about such things. I'd rather find an ISP
that supplies IPv6 connections to my location for a reasonable amount
and at a reasonable speed and reward them with my monthly subscription
payment.

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