The following is a list of IPv6

IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...

 tunnel broker

Tunnel broker

In the context of computer networking, a tunnel broker is a service which provides a network tunnel. These tunnels can provide encapsulated connectivity over existing infrastructure to a new infrastructure....

s that conform to the principles of RFC 3053 which describes a system with which users can request creation of an IPv6 tunnel on a host called a Point of Presence

Point of presence

A point of presence is an artificial demarcation point or interface point between communications entities. It may include a meet-me-room.In the US, this term became important during the court-ordered breakup of the Bell Telephone system...

 (PoP) which, using the tunnel, then provides the user with IPv6 connectivity.

There are a variety of tunnel brokers that provide their own implementation

Implementation

Implementation is the realization of an application, or execution of a plan, idea, model, design, specification, standard, algorithm, or policy.-Computer Science:...

s based on different business

Business

A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...

 goals. For example, one tunnel broker product

Product (business)

In general, the product is defined as a "thing produced by labor or effort" or the "result of an act or a process", and stems from the verb produce, from the Latin prōdūce ' lead or bring forth'. Since 1575, the word "product" has referred to anything produced...

 on the market is called gogoSERVER (formerly Gateway6).
Freenet6 was the first tunnel broker service, going into production in 1999. It was started as a project of Viagenie and then Hexago was spun off as a commercial company selling Gateway6 (which powered Freenet6) as their flagship product. In June 2009 Hexago became gogo6 through a management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

 buyout and the Freenet6 service became part of gogoNET, a social network

Social network

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...

 for IPv6 professional

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

s.

Tunnel broker list

The following list is divided into geographic region

Region

Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...

s. For a tunnel to be fast and low-latency it is generally good to take service from a close-by Tunnel Broker as this reduces the chance that packets get routed around the world. Networks don't match geography though thus it is not always the case.

The table contains the following information:

Name	The name of the organisation providing the tunnel broker, this generally maps directly to an Internet service provider Internet service provider An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers... .
#	Number of PoPs deployed
Locations	Locations Location (geography) The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity...  where the tunnel broker has a point of presence / the number of endpoints where termination can occur.
Subnet	What subnet Subnetwork A subnetwork, or subnet, is a logically visible subdivision of an IP network. The practice of dividing a network into subnetworks is called subnetting....  allocation the tunnel broker provides next to the /127 or /64 for the tunnel.
Protocols	Which tunneling protocol Tunneling protocol Computer networks use a tunneling protocol when one network protocol encapsulates a different payload protocol... s are provided by the tunnel broker. This has impact on whether one can use a tunnel behind NAT Network address translation In computer networking, network address translation is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device....  or in cases where the IPv4 address of the user changes often. Check the relevant protocol descriptions for more details, or see this tunneling comparison.
Dynamic	Whether the tunnel broker supports hosts which have dynamic/changing addresses.
Static	Whether the tunnel broker provides static addresses.
RDNS	Whether the tunnel broker provides reverse DNS Domain name system The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...  delegations.
BGP	Whether the tunnel broker optionally accepts a BGP Border Gateway Protocol The Border Gateway Protocol is the protocol backing the core routing decisions on the Internet. It maintains a table of IP networks or 'prefixes' which designate network reachability among autonomous systems . It is described as a path vector protocol...  peering allowing one to announce one's own address space.
Multicast	Whether the tunnel broker optionally provides IPv6 Multicast over a tunnel.
Registration	The available registration methods, if required.
Configuration	What methods are available for configuring tunnels and subnets provided by the tunnel broker.
Language	Which language Language Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication... s are supported by the providers web interface User interface The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...  and other communication channels Channel (communications) In telecommunications and computer networking, a communication channel, or channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel... .
Prefix	Which IPv6 prefix(es) are used for the tunnel broker. If a /32 is indicated generally only a portion is used for tunnels/subnets for the Tunnel Broker or the name of the tunnel broker service that is providing the address space.

Global

Tunnel brokers that provide tunnels to users globally.

Name	#	Locations	Subnet	Protocols	Dynamic	Static	RDNS	BGP	Multicast	Registration	Configuration	Language	Prefix
gogo6/Freenet6	4	Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	/56 on request	6in4 6in4 6in4 is an Internet transition mechanism for migrating from Internet Protocol version 4 to IPv6. 6in4 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv6 traffic over explicitly-configured IPv4 links as defined in RFC 4213 . The 6in4 traffic is sent over the IPv4 Internet inside IPv4 packets whose IP headers have... , 4in6 4in6 4in6 refers to tunneling of IPv4 in IPv6. It is an Internet interoperation mechanism allowing Internet Protocol version 4 to be used in an IPv6 only network. 4in6 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv4 traffic over configured IPv6 tunnels as defined in RFC 2473... , TSP Tunnel Setup Protocol In computer networking, the Tunnel Setup Protocol is a networking control protocol used to negotiate IP tunnel setup parameters between a tunnel client host and a tunnel broker server, the tunnel end-points. The protocol is defined in RFC 5572...						Anonymous, or signup (via registration on freenet6)	TSP, website	English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	2001:5c0::/32
Hurricane Electric Hurricane Electric Hurricane Electric is a global Internet backbone , with a specific focus on IPv6. Hurricane Electric operates datacenters in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily within the city of Fremont...	26	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (7 States), Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... , Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...  (6 Countries), Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... , Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	/64 default, /48 on request	6in4						Signup required	Website	English	2001:470::/32
SixXS	52	United States (7 States), Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... , Europe (21 countries), New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , New Caledonia New Caledonia New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	/64 default, /48 on request	6in4, AYIYA						RIPE RIPE Réseaux IP Européens is a forum open to all parties with an interest in the technical development of the Internet. The RIPE community’s objective is to ensure that the administrative and technical coordination necessary to maintain and develop the Internet continues... , ARIN Arin Arin may refer to:* American Registry for Internet Numbers* Arin, Armenia - A town in Armenia* Arin language - An extinct Yeniseic language* Arın Soğancıoğlu, Turkish basketball player... , APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC AfriNIC AfriNIC is the regional Internet registry for Africa. Its headquarters are in Ebene City, Mauritius. Adiel Akplogan is the registry's chief executive officer... , or direct signup	TIC/AICCU AICCU AICCU is a popular cross-platform utility for automatically configuring an IPv6 tunnel. It is free software available under a BSD license. The utility is originally provided for the SixXS Tunnel Broker but it can also be used by a variety of other tunnel brokers.-History and development:AICCU is... , manual, website	English	Various

Asia-Pacific

Tunnel brokers that provide tunnels to users in the Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...

 region.

Name	#	Locations	Subnet	Protocols	Dynamic	Static	RDNS	BGP	Multicast	Registration	Configuration	Language	Prefix
Indonesian-IPv6TaskForce	1	Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...		6in4						Signup required		English, Indonesian Indonesian language Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....	2001:d68::/32
NetNam	1	VietNam Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...		6in4						Signup required	VPN, website	English, Vietnamese Vietnamese language Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...	2401:e800::/32
Aarnet	1	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	/56	6in4, TSP						Anonymous, or signup	TSP, website	English	2001:388::/32
IIJ	1	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...		6in4						Signup required		English, Japanese Japanese language is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...	2001:240::/32
6fei	1	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...		6in4, 4in6						Signup required		Chinese Chinese language The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...	2001:e88::/32
Internode	1	Australia		6in4, TSP						Anonymous, or signup	TSP, website	English	2001:44b8::/32
IPv6Now	1	Australia	/64 or /48 on request	6in4, TSP						Signup required	TSP	English	2406:a000::/32

Europe

Tunnel brokers that provide tunnels to users in the Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 region.

Name	#	Locations	Subnet	Protocols	Dynamic	Static	RDNS	BGP	Multicast	Registration	Configuration	Language	Prefix
NetAssist	1	Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	/64+/48	6in4						Signup required	Website	English	2a01:d0:8000::/33

Middle East

Tunnel brokers that provide tunnels to users in the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

 region.

Name	#	Locations	Subnet	Protocols	Dynamic	Static	RDNS	BGP	Multicast	Registration	Configuration	Language	Prefix
Saudi Arabia CITC	1	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...		TSP						Signup required	TSP	English, Arabic	2001:67c:130::/48

Africa

Tunnel brokers that provide tunnels to users in the African

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 region.

Name	#	Locations	Subnet	Protocols	Dynamic	Static	RDNS	BGP	Multicast	Registration	Configuration	Language	Prefix
Native LABS	1	Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	/64 subnet default	6in4 6in4 6in4 is an Internet transition mechanism for migrating from Internet Protocol version 4 to IPv6. 6in4 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv6 traffic over explicitly-configured IPv4 links as defined in RFC 4213 . The 6in4 traffic is sent over the IPv4 Internet inside IPv4 packets whose IP headers have...						Signup required	Website	English, French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...	Hurricane Electric Hurricane Electric Hurricane Electric is a global Internet backbone , with a specific focus on IPv6. Hurricane Electric operates datacenters in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily within the city of Fremont...