By: MarkJ - 24 November, 2011 (11:39 AM) - Score: 2271 - Fixed Line Broadband
technicolor tg582nuk aaisp broadband ispBroadband ISP Andrews & Arnold ( AAISP ) has announced that the well documented lack of affordable Internet Protocol v6 ( IPv6 ) capable consumer routers (connection hardware) is beginning to be resolved after it began shipping the Technicolor TG582n kit to new customers.

AAISP already provide IPv6 as standard for all new UK installs, including a "free with the service" IPv6 capable Billion 7800N broadband router. However the Billion is expensive, tending to cost around £120 (when sold separately), which makes it economically unviable for mass market distribution to consumers.

The boss of AAISP, Adrian Kennard, recently warned that they "obviously can't keep doing" such promotions because it was costing them "thousands" to support (here). Happily a solution has now been found.

The Director of AAISP UK, Adrian Kennard, said:

"Technicolor: (TG582n). Well, what can I say? They sent an engineer to our offices, by which I mean someone that can read packet dumps on the router correctly and understand them! We spent a day with him checking out their test code and making some tweaks our end as well and we got it working. They have one of our lines in their offices and have been testing.

They have been working with us and proving new code as we find issues. We have customers testing these routers and are now shipping the IPv6 software. The routers are small, they have wifi, and cheap enough to be our standard "free with the service" router.

So, Technicolor it is - our new standard IPv6 router and it even has WiFi. Given that RIPE expect to run out or IPv4s next year UK ISPs need to get their act together and start making IPv6 standard. A sensibly priced consumer DSL router with IPv6 as standard will help a lot. Well done Technicolor."

The news of an affordable IPv6 router for consumers will be most welcome, although AAISP cautions that the Technicolor TG582n is not yet ready for "general purchase" and is at present primarily setup to work within AAISP's unique environment. The good news is that this is likely to be resolved within "a few weeks".
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Comments: 5

asa logoBob2002
Posted: 24 November, 2011 - 12:49 PM
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Hip Hip Hooray! smile
asa logoDeduction
Posted: 24 November, 2011 - 1:08 PM
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Thomson.... Cheap yuck :(
asa logoGreg
Posted: 27 November, 2011 - 8:09 AM
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The broadband services from AAISP are extremely (and in some cases, prohibitively) way overpriced!

http://aaisp.net.uk/broadband-prices.html

They're charging way OTT prices for bog standard ADSL2 over copper phonelines with a wide range
of monthly usage allowances. For example, if you're a light user, and only need upto 10GB a month
for daytime usage, plus upto 10GB a month for evenings/weekends, they charge £47.30 a month.
From certain other ISP's you can get 2-3 times that allowance for less than ¼ of that price!

Any user that downloads a lot of large files, and watches quite a bit of HD video streaming would
want something like 200GB a month for daytime use, plus 500GB a month for evenings/weekends
AAISP charge a ridiculous £675.20 a month for that ... FFS! That's what you might expect to
pay for a dedicated leased line, not bog standard ADSL2 with a usage allowance!
asa logoTony
Posted: 3 February, 2012 - 6:46 PM
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And they're worth every penny.

btw. most people work during the day, so daytime use would be 0GB or something close to that.
asa logoAndri
Posted: 19 February, 2012 - 11:25 PM
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bar. When the bar is viisble, that?s your cue that everything is working properly and you can surf the Web while also receiving phone calls and text message via your



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