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#3019407 10-Jan-2023 08:23

When I was a 2D broadband customer, I was able to get a static IPv6 prefix along with my static ipv4 address. Unsure if they offer this on the Vocus platform.

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#3019409 10-Jan-2023 08:37

timmmay:

If you really need IPv6 you can use 2degrees, though you may need to pay an extra $10 a month for a static IP. I'm not sure if static IPv6 is standard or comes with the static IPv4.

+1 on 2degrees. I use them and ipv6 works like a charm

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#3019452 10-Jan-2023 11:03

Surprised that they haven't bundled up their IPv4 addresses - given how many they have - and sold them off to lease them back from a private equity company.

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#3019459 10-Jan-2023 11:19

@boosacnoodle: Who knows. Spark is primarily a dividend stock, which drives a particular style of doing business. Their past attempts at being a growth company haven’t gone too well.

There may be regulatory, financial or other practical reasons why they haven’t considered it.

On an off topic note - it will be interesting to see what Sparks plans are once they run out of assets to sell.

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#3020455 12-Jan-2023 14:00

Just an aside, route48.org has an endpoint in Auckland (and offers BGP) if you’re wanting a tunnelled IPv6.

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#3020569 12-Jan-2023 18:05

Peppery: Just an aside, route48.org has an endpoint in Auckland (and offers BGP) if you’re wanting a tunnelled IPv6.

Not only that, but getting a RIPE ASN & some v6 address space is dirt cheap now. I need to get better BGP path selection working...

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