Questions for an ISP

[Mohacsi Janos]

Hi,

Have a look at the slides from here:
http://www.6deploy.eu/workshops2/20110720_almaty_kazakhstan/131_IPv6_deployment%20consideration_v0_11_almaty.pdf

Janos Mohacsi
Head of HBONE+ project
Network Engineer, Director Network and Multimedia
NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY
Co-chair of Hungarian IPv6 Forum
Key 70EF9882: DEC2 C685 1ED4 C95A 145F  4300 6F64 7B00 70EF 9882

On Fri, 25 May 2012, Elmer Sandro wrote:

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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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> 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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