The pilot network has been operational for more than two years now. In this section we describe our experiences and some problems we encountered with regards to the implementation and management of such a network.

The figure above gives an impression of the traffic patterns encountered in the core of our metropolitan network. The figure shows traffic measured at Røstbakken tower which is a central connection point for the majority of the home networks. In addition, the figure shows traffic measured at the most used IPv6 to IPv4 translator, namely the machine doing faithd TCP relaying that is located in the Telenor Research Laboratory. This does not give a complete image of the traffic on the whole network. Not only does it not capture the traffic from the northern part of the network, it also does not show the (IPv6-only) traffic produced by the IPv6-only network of the University of Tromsø that uses the same infrastructure.