[c-nsp] Humor: Cisco announces end of BGP

[Eric Van Tol]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:47 AM
> To: TJ
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Humor: Cisco announces end of BGP
> 
> Actually, NTT/Verio have had IPv6 available, as in "commercially available
> and fully supported" for a number of years.
> 
> We're mandating full IPv6 support as part of all upstream procurements,
> and this has been quite effective :-) - (and it turns away Cogent and L3
> salespeople, which is a nice side effect).
> 
> gert

This is true, but they are the only provider that we have run up against that actually charges *extra* for v6, at outrageous per-meg rates.  Last quote I got was two years ago, so perhaps things have changed.

-evt