[AusNOG] Commsday: Telstra moves business ADSL services to IPv6

[Skeeve Stevens]

This is a damn good thing!  IPv6 might just gain some serious traction....
because face it... for every $1 Telstra spends on IPv6 awareness... we
benefit from at least 80c of that!

...Skeeve

>From Commsday - 25th June 2013

*Telstra moves business ADSL services to IPv6*

Telstra has extended the availability of IPv6 services to its business ADSL
customers. It announced that it was allowing SME customers to opt-in to
using the newer internet protocol.

The carrier's migration from IPv4 to IPv6 is being done gradually and
follows the availability of IPv6 in the Telstra Internet Direct network in
2011 and the Telstra Next IP network in 2012.

David Robertson, Telstra director of transport and routing engineering,
said that consumer services would also follow. “We have a long-term roadmap
for deploying IPv6 capability into our networks and are pleased that many
of our business customers can use this new service to support the
transition of their networks to IPv6. The deployment of IPv6 into Telstra’s
network is an on-going program of work, and we’ll make this available for
other services such as fixed consumer and our wireless networks over time,”
Robertson said.

“As stocks of IPv4 addresses diminish globally, we need to continue moving
to the new addressing sys- tem. By dual stacking IPv4 and IPv6 in our
network, customers can opt into IPv6 in their own time, and according to
the lifecycle upgrade of their own equipment. We’re developing the network
capability so customers can commence the move to IPv6 as it suits them,” he
suggested.

“In coming years we expect that IPv6 will become the norm and customers
will need to opt-out if they wish to use IPv4. However as we start this
transition, we’ll be working directly with customers to support
them as they make this change,” Robertson explained.

Geoff Long

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