25 Feb
2016
25 Feb
'16
4:17 p.m.
i suspect that what is goiing on here is actually a good sign of ipv6 becoming commercially real. for the last couple of decades, ipv6 has been connected via <puke> tunnels, an unusual amount of free peering, packets carried by donkeys over the mountains, anything that worked. as ipv6 starts to become commercially real, traffic exchange agreements are becoming commercial. so the free peering etc. are going away. it sure would be nice if the tunnels and donkeys went away too. welcome to the not my mother's internet. yes, virginia, there really are tier-1 settlement-free providers. but keep whining, it moves a lot of packets; not. randy