-----Original Message----- From: Justin To go along with Dan's query from above, what are the preferred methods that other SPs are using to deploy IPv6 with non-IPv6-capable edge hardware? We too have a very limited number of dialup customers and will never sink another dollar in the product. Unfortunately I also have brand-new ADSL2+ hardware that doesn't support IPv6 and according to the vendors (Pannaway) never will. We also have CMTSs that don't support IPv6, even though they too are brand-new. Those CMTSs top out at DOCSIS 2.0 and the vendor decided not to allow IPv6 to the CPEs regardless of the underlying CM's IPv6 support or lack thereof (like Cisco allowed for example). Are providers implementing tunneling solutions? Pros/cons of the various solutions?
My first (potentially ignorant) response would be to get your acquisitions
people aligned with your business, and by that I mean they should be making a concerted effort to only buy IPv6 capable gear, especially when IPv6 is
coming to you within that gears lifecycle. I guess your customers will need to tunnel, as long as you give them a public IP they have 6to4 (and possibly Teredo, tunnel broker) - but native is better.