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    From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Tony Langdon on Sat Jun 15 15:39:03 2019

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    Hello Tony,

    You can always get a tunnel,

    I don't know about "always".... ;-)

    SixXs closed shop two years ago and while there are still alternatives, it may not be forever. He.net may decide they did more than their fair share and start asking money for the tunnel service or close it down alltogether. Hopefully that will happen when tunnels are no longer needed because by than "everyone" has IPv6, but I would not put any money on it..


    Cheers, Michiel

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Michiel van der Vlist on Sun Jun 16 09:30:00 2019
    On 06-15-19 15:39, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-


    *** Answering a msg posted in area FIDONEWS (Fido News).

    Hello Tony,

    You can always get a tunnel,

    I don't know about "always".... ;-)

    SixXs closed shop two years ago and while there are still alternatives, it may not be forever. He.net may decide they did more than their fair share and start asking money for the tunnel service or close it down alltogether. Hopefully that will happen when tunnels are no longer
    needed because by than "everyone" has IPv6, but I would not put any
    money on it..

    No reason you can't roll your own, if you really want a tunnel - you'd need a VPS and some associated IPv6 space. So given the availability of suitable expertise, I'd say "always" would still apply. It may just get harder, that's all.


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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Tony Langdon on Sun Jun 16 10:25:02 2019
    Hello Tony,

    On Sunday June 16 2019 09:30, you wrote to me:

    You can always get a tunnel,

    I don't know about "always".... ;-)

    [..]

    No reason you can't roll your own, if you really want a tunnel - you'd need a VPS and some associated IPv6 space.

    If I had a VPN and IPv6 space, I probably would not want a tunnel. ;-)

    So given the availability of suitable expertise, I'd say "always"
    would still apply. It may just get harder, that's all.

    I suppose it is possible, In theory I could also become my own ISP and have native IPv6. All I need is my own fiber to AMS-IX. Cost would probably be a show stopper...

    Fortunately, I have no need for that any more. I have native IPv6 from my ISP. For about two years now. It took my ISP nearly a decade between "we will roll it out next year" and actually doing it, but here we are. :-)


    Cheers, Michiel

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    * Origin: he.net certified sage (2:280/5555)
  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Michiel van der Vlist on Sun Jun 16 19:13:00 2019
    On 06-16-19 10:25, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    No reason you can't roll your own, if you really want a tunnel - you'd need a VPS and some associated IPv6 space.

    If I had a VPN and IPv6 space, I probably would not want a tunnel. ;-)

    Well, if you had a server out there that did have IPv6, but not at home, that's
    the situation I'm talking about. :)

    So given the availability of suitable expertise, I'd say "always"
    would still apply. It may just get harder, that's all.

    I suppose it is possible, In theory I could also become my own ISP and have native IPv6. All I need is my own fiber to AMS-IX. Cost would probably be a show stopper...

    Just a little. ;)

    Fortunately, I have no need for that any more. I have native IPv6 from
    my ISP. For about two years now. It took my ISP nearly a decade between "we will roll it out next year" and actually doing it, but here we are. :-)

    Neither do I, I've had native for over 8 years. ;)


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