Credit to Digital Ocean for ipv6 offering

Tue Jun 17 16:31:08 UTC 2014

On Jun 17, 2014, at 11:26 AM, rwebb at ropeguru.com wrote:

> I don't think it is harsh when they lead their customers on with no progress.
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> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/is-ipv6-available
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> digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/2639897-ipv6-addresses
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> Take note of the original post dates and the responses. Original questions were in 2012 with responses of Q4 2012 to Q1 2013.

Sure, I've seen the same thing with OpenSRS and others with things like IPv6 glue and DS records for DNSSEC, but when they make it public/supportable, I still congratulate the engineers who made it happen.

Could they have done it harder/better/faster/stronger [1]?  Sure.  We've been doing IPv6 for over a decade as a commercial service.  I still am happy when networks get IPv6 enabled.  There's a long road, and Digital Ocean is just one party that needs to make things happen.  Wayport/attwifi, TWCable, and even Comcast who is a leader here in the USA could do more but it's all gated on internal criteria that I'm not aware of.

- Jared

- Jared

[1] - http://www.najle.com/idaft/idaft/