Verio expands IPv6 access offerings

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN'S ISP NEWS REPORT
10/05/05
Today's focus: Verio expands IPv6 access offerings

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* Verio's IPv6 Tunneling Service now available to any U.S.
company with a standard Internet connection
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Today's focus: Verio expands IPv6 access offerings

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications which was the first
ISP to offer IPv6 services in the U.S., is offering a tunneling
service that will allow any U.S. company to have IPv6
connectivity through a standard Internet connection.

Verio's IPv6 Tunneling Service is available immediately
throughout the U.S. It costs $150 per month for a .5M bits/sec
connection.

"It doesn't matter where you are, whether it's Billings, Mont.
or Washington, D.C.," says Cody Christman, Verio's director of
product engineering. "As long as you can get IPv4 Internet
access, you can take advantage of our IPv6 services."

IPv6 is a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main
protocol, which is known as IPv4.

Developed by the IETF, IPv6 promises easier administration,
tighter security and an enhanced addressing scheme over IPv4.
IPv6 uses a 128-bit addressing scheme and supports a virtually
limitless number of uniquely identified systems on the 'Net,
while IPv4 supports only a few billion systems because it uses a
32-bit addressing scheme.

IPv6 has been slow to catch on in the U.S. because only a
handful of ISPs including Verio and MCI offer commercial IPv6
services. With its new offering, Verio will allow any U.S.
organization with an IPv6-capable router to begin experimenting
with IPv6.

"Regardless of who your service provider is, if you're getting
IPv4 service from anybody, you can get an off-net IPv6 tunnel
from us," Christman says. "We will help you configure the tunnel
from your CPE over your provider's IPv4 network and terminate
that connection on our network, which is dual-stack IPv4 and
IPv6."

Christman says that Verio is the first ISP in the U.S. to offer
an IPv6 tunneling service of this kind. "I'm not aware of any
other ISP with this offering," he says.

Until now, Verio has offered on-net IPv6 services including
tunneling, dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and native IPv6 services. Its
new IPv6 tunneling service is an off-net capability, meaning it
doesn't run entirely over Verio's network.

Verio is targeting small businesses with its IPv6 Tunneling
Service, which is about one-third the cost of Verio's regular
T-1 speed, on-net IPv6 services.

"Our on-net IPv6 services are getting sucked up by the Fortune
500 companies. Most of them have the resources to install a new
IPv6 circuit on-net with Verio," Christman says. "The IPv6
Tunneling Service is for companies that want IPv6 access that's
relatively inexpensive. Performance is pretty good as long as
their ISP offers solid IPv4 service."

One of Verio's initial customers is Native6, an IPv6 consulting
and training shop in Seattle. Native6 CEO Yurie Rich says the
company had limited options for obtaining IPv6 connectivity.

"In working with the engineers at Verio, we were able to
provision a tunnel that significantly increased the quality of
our IPv6 connection," Rich said in a statement. "Verio's off-net
tunneling service was the right way for us to go."

Organizations interested in Verio's IPv6 Tunneling Service need
an IPv6 capable router that supports the IETF's Generic Routing
Encapsulation (GRE) techniques.

"The significance of this announcement is that not too many ISPs
offer IPv6 and it's very difficult for companies to test IPv6,"
Christman says. "Our new service gives anyone, anywhere the
chance to get a commercial-grade, well-performing IPv6
connection. And it allows them to do it at a relatively low
cost. The hurdles to doing this are very low because you don't
have to buy new CPE and you don't have to change ISPs. You just
come to us, fill out some paperwork, and you'll be up and
running with IPv6."

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