IPv6 Transit in Manchester, UK ?

[Michiel Van Opstal]

Terry,

According to peeringdb (www.peeringdb.cmo) Clara.net is present in IFL2
Manchester as well as catalyst2 they should be able to provide you with
native ipv6 IP transit in Manchester. 

If you want some details for both companies please contact me off list
and I can provide you with these.

Cheers,
Michiel


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[mailto:ipv6-ops-bounces+michiel.van.opstal=globalaxs.com at lists.cluenet.
de] Namens Terry Froy
Verzonden: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:25 AM
Aan: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
Onderwerp: IPv6 Transit in Manchester, UK ?

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Hello,

This is my first post to the list so please be gentle :-)

I have recently applied for and been granted a /32 PA allocation from
RIPE.

My hosting network is based in IFL2, Manchester, UK
(http://www.internetf.co.uk/) and I have spent the last week or so
trying to find at least one transit provider resident in that
datacentre who can provide me with IPv6 transit; out of all of them,
only one had the decency to reply to me stating that IPv6 was on their
roadmap but couldn't provide me with a timeframe as to when I could
expect it from them.

Therefore, I'm now left with no choice but to look for a tunneled
connection to someone within the UK who would be happy for me to
announce my /32 prefix via BGP.

I have multiple SixXS tunnels from other datacentres where I have
co-located servers but as this is the only datacentre where I have my
own AS, PA space, etc, etc, it makes sense to use my own IPv6
allocation rather than the /48 supplied by a SixXS POP - also, I would
fall foul of the 'no shell' clause in the SixXS AUP if I were to do
that.

Is there anyone on the list (preferably in the UK - at a stretch,
Europe) who could provide me with a suitable tunnel ?

My IPv6 connectivity needs would only stretch to a few KBytes/s in
both directions as I only have two 2Mbit/s transit feeds and I only
have around 20 or so hosts behind my border router - both my upstreams
peer via the LINX and LoNAP so shouldn't impact on the running costs
of anyone who provides me with a tunnel and also peers at those IXs.

I would be happy to pay for tunneled transit if the price is
reasonable - please contact me off-list if you wish to provide a quote.

Of course, if anyone can point me in the direction of someone selling
native IPv6 transit which is available to customers within IFL2,
Manchester, UK, I would be more than happy to purchase some from them.

It is incredibly frustrating to actually want to roll out IPv6 on a
production network only to find that none of your upstreams have the
capability to route it.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Terry Froy
Spilsby Internet Solutions
http://www.spilsby.net/

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