Hiya folks, An honest question... Having been told by a commercial solutions type person at Spark that IPv6 peering is only available for International Transit services - not Domestic - i'm left wondering how much IPv6 actually exists within AS4648? I am not aware of any specific examples of IPv6 connections (either 'content' or 'eyes') in the AS to use as a starting point, but it's quite disappointing to consider that any traffic between my AS and Spark's is being forced to use international transit. (The wording of the correspondence I received on the subject used the word 'currently' suggesting a possible future change on this position, but it also said 'no date for when this will be available' which suggests no great hurry either). Obviously the disappointment would be metered a little if I knew for sure there was essentially no chance of requiring such a peering link, for example if there's no other IPv6 within-or-behind AS4648 that I can't get to via other means. I assume that other NOG'rs who have 'domestic transit' or 'paid peering' with Spark have got similar ipv6 peering problems - I find it incredible that this many years beyond IPv6's initial 'push' [1], that backbone environments - those that don't necessarily have heavy ties to software or systems that may still have compatibility issues[2] - cannot be rigged for IPv6 in relatively short order. Interested in the experiences of others, on-or-offlist as preferred, in terms of Spark and IPv6, or if there's any insight as to Spark's intentions to deploy IPv6 and support it for their wholesale domestic links. Cheers Mark. [1] The oldest post on the NZ IPv6 Task Force website is dated August 2009. We've certainly had a complete technology-refresh-cycle since then, surely?! [2] Notwithstanding [1] I know there are still limitations to IPv6 offerings to customers within my organisation[3], but we are at least committed to working through these and for a large subset of product types, dual-stack is fully available. As such we are seeking to establish IPv6 peering arrangements, initially with all those that we peer with over IPv4 but obviously as openly as possible for the benefit of all parties. [3] When I say 'We' i'm talking about ICONZ, AS4770. If you peer with ICONZ (directly or via a peering exchange[4]) and would like to peer over IPv6, please do drop a note to noc(a)iconz.net and we'll happily set it up. We're already peered with the APE and WIX RR's and with a few domestic peers in addition to our transit provider(s). I should also note that i'm leaving ICONZ in the next week or so, so personal enquiries about ICONZ's position may have finite value. :-) [4] ICONZ is presently on APE and WIX and is hoping to establish a link to AKL-IX in the new year. If they share physical footprint or switch domain they're also happy to bilat or direct-ethernet if it makes sense to do so. Cheers Mark.