Questions for an ISP

[Andrew Yourtchenko]

Elmer,

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Elmer Sandro
<Sandro.Elmer at wuerth-itensis.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
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> We’re about to have a meeting with our ISP regarding their IPv6 Roadmap and
> products. Can anyone share a few questions I should ask our ISP?
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we've a doc here that has some:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/What_To_Ask_From_Your_Service_Provider_About_IPv6

since it is wiki, feel free to leave your comments/add whatever you
believe is totally missing!

--a
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> So far I thought of these:
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> ·         Roadmap in general
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> ·         Are there different approaches to different services (Business
> SDSL, Fiber, MPLS, iBPG, private households etc)
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> ·         How will IPv6 be implemented (Native IPv6 with Dual-Stack, 6rd or
> whatever)
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> ·         Will we be able to register our “own” IPv6 prefix or does the ISP
> assign one to us (thus forcing a prefix-change when changing ISPs)
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> ·         What services are planned to run on IPv6
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> ·         Would they agree to run a proof of concept
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> ·         How long until their IPv4 addresses are depleted (we tried getting
> a C-range this year, no luck J)
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> ·         Will a change of hardware (modems, routers) be necessary or does
> their current equipment support their new IPv6 services
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> ·         Short explanation of their IPv6-implementation process works,
> steps/time necessary
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> ·         Costs
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> I also found these, but can’t think of what their answers would imply:
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> ·         Who do you have peering relationships with?
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> ·         Are these peer relationships native or tunnelled?
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> ·         As a customer, can you provide BGP peering to my corporate
> network?
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> ·         Compare your IPv6 and IPv4 network designs?
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> ·         Will my IPv6 traffic be native throughout your entire network or
> will there be areas of 6to4 tunnelling to overcome current device
> limitations?
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> So if anyone can think of some more out of their experiences with ISPs
> picking up IPv6, I’d be thankful.
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> Regards,
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> Sandro
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