On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 04:50 -0400, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
"Can we have IPv6 transit?" "Yes, please turn up a session to.."
That was asking Cogent for IPv6 dual-stack on our existing IPv4 transit.
I continue to hear different. In my first-hand experience just about three weeks ago, I was told by Cogent that I need to execute a new contract to get IPv6 added to an existing IPv4 circuit (U.S. customer.) This turned a simple pilot project with only a few I.T. folks involved into, well, I'm still waiting on this new contract to be executed. I'm not surprised.
In fairness, we have a small commit. If you're talking multi-gigabit+, then perhaps they could be a little more concerned about the amount of IPv6 traffic that you might start pushing, leading to delay tactics and/or a required contract change to protect themselves. (Not that it's likely much to be concerned about. But then, I don't know who your customer is. ;)) Or the more likely reality that one hand doesn't talk to the other and everyone's getting varying answers/actions from Cogent, depending on whom they speak with. Tom