[174007] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Akamai charges for IPv6 support?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Souvestre)
Mon Aug 18 13:16:15 2014
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From: "John Souvestre" <johns@sstar.com>
To: "'Aaron Hopkins'" <lists@die.net>,
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:09:26 -0500
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Is there an equivalent discount for not using IPv4 anymore? :)
John
=A0=A0=A0 John Souvestre - New Orleans LA
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Hopkins
Sent: 2014 August 18, Mon 11:38
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Akamai charges for IPv6 support?
Is it normal to bill for IPv6 service as a separate product? I was =
surprised
to hear from from my Akamai rep they they do:
> Hi Aaron, We can add the IPV6 service to the contract at an additional =
> cost of $XXX/month. Please let me know if you would like to go ahead=20
> with the service and I can create the contract and send it for your =
review.
I've been working on adding IPv6 support to my current project on my own =
time,
and am now ready to enable it. But as soon as there is a recurring cost
associated with IPv6 support, I need to be able to justify it. And I'm =
afraid
that I can't currently explain a benefit of enabling IPv6 for our users. =
I'll
likely end up not doing so while we're still an Akamai customer.
It's Akamai's network, so it's their choice. But big players adding =
friction
to enabling IPv6 certainly doesn't seem in everyone's best interests in =
the
long-term.
-- Aaron
