[139982] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SIXXS contact
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TR Shaw)
Tue Apr 26 20:56:49 2011
From: TR Shaw <tshaw@oitc.com>
In-Reply-To: <4DB74979.70108@trelane.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:56:39 -0400
To: Andrew Kirch <trelane@trelane.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:38 PM, Andrew Kirch wrote:
> On 4/26/2011 12:11 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote:
>> I've run a volunteer/free hosting service since 1997 or so - it never
>> ceases to amaze me how people will complain about free things, but
>> when you ask them to pony up a little monthly support its like you
>> killed their puppy. I just term people who are more of a hassle then
>> they are worth.
>=20
> I'm not complaining, but I would point out that if these free brokers
> are the public face of IPv6 for many hobbyists (and much of the =
various
> software run on/over the internet is written by volunteers, and/or =
given
> away for free), we aren't going to get there. The big deafening =
silence
> from SIXXS is really unfortunate in that it does actively affect my
> opinion of IPv6, my willingness to spend time implementing it, =
pestering
> my upstream about it, or having my business give a damn about it. Yes =
I
> know they're volunteers, but how much does that matter?
I can't say about SIXXS but HE has been great to me. If it wasn't for =
them I would be out in the cold since neither ATT nor Brighthouse (my 2 =
options at my colo) can even spell IPv6!
Tom
