Ah.. understood.

May not be as transparent as what you have, but the one i use offers static + port mapping.  Unsure about IPv6 tho..  i didn't need to look that close since i bought a business IP from my ISP and got around it all for incoming connections.  its PIA, been using it for over a decade now. Ironically its the same one Zoe uses to get around some issues at her place connecting to her work in another 'area'  ( wont get into details, oh and ya shes still around, we still talk every weekend, just been busy. )

These days i mostly use it to get around rate limiters.. I hit the limit with my real IP, i go VPN and finish.  I don't do anything where i need to 'hide', so to speak, but they dont log, and have proven such in some court cases "sorry, we don't have it, cya"

Wed Nov 12 2025 01:59:13 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: IPv6 down on all citadel.org properties

No, this isn't my ISP, it's the provider that gives me a Static IP VPN so I can host servers from behind regular home Internet. Even if I was behind a carrier grade NAT it would still work.

But they're not able to tell me when, or even if, IPv6 will be restored.
I've been very loyal to this company because they've taken good care of me over the years, always provided good support, but I'm a bit annoyed bout this one.

Right, incoming wont keep you hidden.  Its just that is their main business. Looks like their dedicated IP offering is about the same, 3.30 a month if you go with a year contract.  But never really looked that close, i didnt need it.

Wed Nov 12 2025 16:21:44 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: IPv6 down on all citadel.org properties

Right, this isn't a consumer VPN used to get *out* unseen, this is a special kind that lets people get *in* on a dedicated address block so you can self-host at home. And it's been great for years. You're using it right now in fact, since you're logged in to this system.

It's $15/month for 5 Mbps of bandwidth and /29 IPv4 address block. And until last week, a /64 IPv6 address block.

I see that OVHcloud has a virtual private server for $4.20/month, with 400 Mbps of bandwidth (unlimited traffic) and extra IP addresses for $2/month each. I should probably just get one of those, and treat it as a router-in-the-cloud.
For some reason I feel some loyalty to Ace.

I think mine allows incoming connections, and i know with my domain registrar i can use any IP i want for DNS, even non-static like i had on Comcast, it had a 30 day lease time and sometimes did NOT get the same IP the next time.. but at least it was 'mine' and not behind a NAT. Tho a bit of a hassle, it worked with dial-up long ago, even before i bought a static IP for that.  ( which is a funny story ill have to tell sometime )

Not saying its what you want, just some may not be as bad as others. 

Wed Nov 12 2025 19:15:41 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: IPv6 down on all citadel.org properties

I've looked into those. The "dedicated IP" offerings from most consumer grade VPN services don't provide you with the ability to run incoming server hosting, and they definitely don't offer reverse DNS mapping. They simply give you an address that you don't have to share with other customers, and that you can whitelist in other places' firewalls.

Forgot i had used one of those free dynamic IP DNS things too, many years ago.   Mostly for clients who didn't want to 'host' and didn't want to spend the extra for static or domain names, but but it allowed me ( or them ) to vpn in as needed. Had it do auto check and update the records as needed every few hours.

I could be wrong but i think i used dyndns.  i see its now owned by oracle, ick..  lol.