Have an ASN and IPv6 space? Build your own IPv6 tunnel!
For many years, Hurricane Electric was the de-jure IPv6 tunneling platform. If you wanted Netflix, just force Netflix on IPv4. For people without native IPv6, HE.net was truly a godsend.
Then HE.net tunnels became more problematic, now we have multiple streaming services and other services blocking HE.net tunnels under the “public proxy” blanket ban. I remember the pre-COVID and the early-COVID era when only Netflix blocked HE.net tunnels when I lacked native IPv6 until summer 2020. And now, I’m not going to get the hostnames of every streaming service my mom uses to block IPv6 on those.
This led me to think, if someone has an ASN, IPv6 space, and a BGP-capable VPS, why not make it an IPv6 tunnel? I have my own ASN (AS33535), IPv6 space 2602:2e6::/36, a BuyVM BGP-capable VPS and even a /23 equivalent of IPv4, although I’ll give up all those up any day for 100% IPv6 deployment and a IPv4 shutdown.
Going back, since I moved back to the NYC-area, BuyVM made the most sense due to a low price, unlimited bandwidth, great support and most importantly, a NYC PoP. Vultr is another (more expensive) option with a truly global network. There are many other BGP VPS hosts as well.
