[ipv6-wg] IPv6 Pilot in NL: seeking customers

(wearing my XS4ALL hat)

We just announced to the media we are expanding our current trials to support native IPv6 over DSL to 1000 lines. These 1000 places are given away on a first come first serve basis. To give everybody a fair chance people can subscribe to this pilot starting Friday April 2nd, 12:00 CEST. In this pilot we ask for people to supply their own DSL cpe which is IPv6 capable or even hack around with linux images where possible.

This pilot will serve 3 main goals:

- Test interoperability between our gear and setup and the solitions currently on the market
- Test those CPE solutions in the wild, we tested some of them in our own lab but it's hardly the same as everyday use in a random residential environement.
- Fine tune our support procedures and figure out what training is needed.

Next to that We'd love to see what problems will arise when IPv6 is switched on in a regular residential networking environment.

Now obviously, since this is a DSL pilot there are some geographical boundaries on who can enter. If you happen to live in the Netherlands  and are an XS4ALL customer please do subscribe.

We already posted a list with some of the CPE we have tested and are known to work, these include some AVM FRITZ!Box models, some cisco SOHO boxes (8xx serie) and the latest release of Draytek Vigor. If you happen to know some others or happen to built DSL modems yourself, please contact me of list. Basic requirements are ADSL2+ with PPPoA, IPCP and IPv6CP using DHCPv6-PD to get the addresses.

As a first result, the press release was picked up by a lot of media and the comments are mostly positive. Hopefully in a few weeks time we have some more data to report on.

The original annoucement (in Dutch): http://www.xs4all.nl/klant/ipv6/

MarcoH