Foundation Projects
Deploying IPv6 in Yap FSM
Boom! Inc.
This project sought to roll out IPv6 in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
Boom! Inc. was previously allocated a /23 IPv4 and a /32 IPv6 address block. Half of the IPv4 address space had been exhausted through the design of the internal core infrastructure along with deploying several key customer networks which have expanded dramatically.
Boom had already discovered that the state of connectivity infrastructure in Micronesia was less developed than anticipated, resulting in an expensive, complicated path of not just building out Yap's internal core infrastructure, but also required the construction of a second set of internal core infrastructure in Guam which was even larger and extremely complex.
This exhausted the IPv4 address space, making the IPv6 rollout more crucial.
During this grant, IPv6 deployment activity was limited to Boom!'s Internet backbone nodes with the address block advertised to both upstream carriers via eBGP. As a result, Boom! has already fully committed to moving forward and adopting IPv6, not just for existing deployments, which have increased in scope, but for all future services.
Note that when the grant was issued, the request was for USD 250,000, however the scope on the project changed and a variation on the amount was requested and granted, reducing it to USD 110,000.
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