[AusNOG] world IPv6 launch June 6 2012

[Noel Butler]

Not surprising Internode are there, but there's still a lot of big names
missing, from all over the globe, nice initiative, but, long way to go
in reality.


http://www.worldipv6launch.org/press/20120117-2/


World IPv6 Launch Solidifies Global Support for New Internet Protocol

Top websites, Internet service providers, and home networking
equipment manufacturers commit to largest transition in the Internet’s
history

[Washington, D.C., USA and Geneva, Switzerland] – 17 January 2012 –
Major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking equipment
manufacturers, and web companies around the world are coming together to
permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services by 6 June 2012.

Organized by the Internet Society, and building on the successful
one-day World IPv6 Day event held on 8 June 2011, World IPv6 Launch
represents a major milestone in the global deployment of IPv6. As the
successor to the current Internet Protocol, IPv4, IPv6 is critical to
the Internet’s continued growth as a platform for innovation and
economic development.

“The fact that leading companies across several industries are making
significant commitments to participate in World IPv6 Launch is yet
another indication that IPv6 is no longer a lab experiment; it’s here
and is an important next step in the Internet’s evolution,” commented
Leslie Daigle, the Internet Society’s Chief Internet Technology Officer.
“And, as there are more IPv6 services, it becomes increasingly important
for companies to accelerate their own deployment plans.”

ISPs participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 for enough
users so that at least 1% of their wireline residential subscribers who
visit participating websites will do so using IPv6 by 6 June 2012. These
ISPs have committed that IPv6 will be available automatically as the
normal course of business for a significant portion of their
subscribers. Committed ISPs are:

●      AT&T
●      Comcast
●      Free Telecom
●      Internode
●      KDDI
●      Time Warner Cable
●      XS4ALL

Participating home networking equipment manufacturers will enable IPv6
by default through the range of their home router products by 6 June
2012. Committed equipment manufacturers are:

●      Cisco
●      D-Link

Web companies participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 on
their main websites permanently beginning 6 June 2012. Inaugural
participants are:

●      Facebook (www.facebook.com)
●      Google (www.google.com)
●      Microsoft Bing (www.bing.com)
●      Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)

Content delivery network providers Akamai and Limelight will be enabling
their customers to join this list of participating websites by enabling
IPv6 throughout their infrastructure.

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