>>> AFAIK you have to have native peering with them to be part of the >>> pilot. At least, you did when we signed up. They may have relaxed >>> that since. >> >> According to a Google IPv6 talk I attended yesterday, they don't >> intend to relax that rule. Tunneling ipv6 connectivity over ipv4 is >> trash quality engineering and to be honest, its not a credible >> substitute for adequate ipv6 infrastructure. > ><facetious> >Tunneling ipv4 over mpls is trash quality engineering and it's not a credible >substitute for adequate ipv4 infrastructure. ></facetious> > >Everything is a tunnel...
Indeed, but the differentiator here is that the transport for the tunnel in question also provides connectivity to the destination; i.e. - you can get to Google over IPv4. You do not (or, atleast I do not :)) have the option of connecting to Google "over" MPLS, Ethernet, etc. /TJ