Re: Relative performance of IPv6 and IPv4 for current users

[David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>]

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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 03:55:04PM -0400, Bill Owens wrote:
> Although it is hardly a scientific way to conduct a survey, I'm 
> curious what the members of this group think of that assertion. 

If you're interested in another random data point, my IPv6 connectivity
is about the same as IPv4 at home and at work, as the ISPs provide
either native connectivity or connectivity via tunnels, and both
ISPs peer at the local IXP. During the SQL-slammer my IPv6 connectivity
was significantly better than IPv4 ;-)

> There is also a sub-argument about 6to4, and whether it is sensible 
> to enable 6to4 with anycast relay support given the dearth of relay 
> routers.

I really wonder if there is a dearth of 6to4 relay routers. My work
and home ISPs both have relay routers. When I use 6to4 with other
Irish ISPs I see the traffic going to several different relays (I
think I've seen two distinct ones on Germany and Switch in Switzerland).

	David.