js339
join:2007-03-10
Vancouver, WA | That's exactly the same router I get sent to, in fact. I used to have an IPv6 tunnel (freenet6) that went to Europe a few years ago, and it wasn't so bad, since Europe's rather ahead of N. America in IPv6 deployment anyways, and you might be going there anyways much of the time.
The real downside to a European tunnel is connectivity to Japan. (Lots of good IPv6 sites in Japan -- they're way ahead of the pack.) I don't think Europe and Asia have that good Internet connectivity with each other in general. Your v6 packets will come back from Europe over the Atlantic, cross the U.S., and head out from California to cross the Pacific before they go to Japan, if I remember correctly. You might get a whole second of latency by the time you add your tunnel in.
I don't know why Europe Asia traffic routes through the U.S. I think maybe the Internet started from the U.S. Gov't and fanned out from there, and maybe the NSA likes to slurp up what comes through. China will soon (and may already) be starting to route more of that traffic away from America, though.
Might be worth a shot, anyways, if just to map out the v6 world from France. |
