Wow, just one IPv6 address for free, pay for the rest.<p>Granted, you're paying for addresses pooled among hosts with failover, which could be well worth paying for.<p>But come on Linode, a single IPv6 address allocation is ridiculous.<p>Update: Found this post by caker (linode guy) <a href="http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=7055&highlight=ipv6" rel="nofollow">http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=7055&highlight=i...</a><p>He mentions a third option involving a /64, does not mention if it will cost extra:<p>"We'll also be rolling out support to have an entire /64 routed to one of your IPv6 Linodes, which you can then route wherever you please."
<p><pre><code> > Can I get more than one IPv6 address?
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> A single IPv6 address can be assigned to your Linode for free.
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I hope this is a misunderstanding -- if not, it's actually a huge step backwards. The current solution for IPv6 in linode (HE tunnel to static IPv4 address) gives each node a full /64. It could be argued that this is a bit excessive, but it seems fairly typical, and lets you do useful things like serve multiple SSL sites from a single host without bothering with SNI.
Looks like this is somewhat dependent on their data center providers:<p><i>This will be a phased roll-out across the facilities, starting with immediate availability in Fremont, Newark in a week or so, followed by Dallas.</i><p>From the FAQ[1] page:<p><pre><code> Fremont, CA: Yes
Dallas, TX: Soon
Atlanta, GA: No ETA
Newark, NJ: About a week
London, UK: Q4 2011
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[1]: <a href="http://www.linode.com/IPv6/" rel="nofollow">http://www.linode.com/IPv6/</a>
Native isn't available in their London DC yet. Doesn't matter though. I've been using a free IPv6 tunnel broker whos end point is less than 1ms away from my Linode:<p><a href="http://tunnelbroker.net/" rel="nofollow">http://tunnelbroker.net/</a>
Considering Linode's main datacenter is he.net in Fremont, CA I don't see why they are billing for ipv6 as it's free for them. Also he.net in fremont has ridiculously cheap bandwidth and colo pricing with routes a bit better than cogent which isn't really saying much.
While the geek in me thinks this is really super cool, the realist in me wonders why on earth I would need an IPV6 address _now_. All though we're "out" of IPV4 addresses, no hosting company has run out (I can still get all the IPV4 based VPS's & dedicated servers I want). Maybe I care 4 years from now, but I'm not sure I really care now... except it is really cool.
Are they just thumbing the nose at rackspace/slicehost here? I'm amused either way. They should offer a credit or discount for switching right now. I think it'd convert like mad.