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2012 IPv6 Survey Results Published

In celebration of World IPv6 Launch, we've published the results of our IPv6 survey . Evidently, people have been busy deploying IPv6 over the last twelve months! In last year's survey only 5% of respondents had deployed IPv6 on all or a portion of their networks. This year, that metric leaped to 13%. And with a 50% larger sample size, this represents quite a jump. Another 20% are engaged in the process of IPv6 deployment now and an additional 24% plan to deploy within two years. Download the survey results to get all the details!

2012: It’s the end of the (Internet) world as we know it

We’ve read about it on the web, seen it on TV, watched it in movie theaters: the Mayans predicted 2012 as the end of the world! Despite rumors about the predicted end of time resulting from lack of additional space on the rock on which the calendar was carved, I personally believe this was merely the “IPv4 Internet rock”, which has reached its end as a homogeneous entity this year. The Mayans were very sophisticated in their foresight and technology, so we should not underestimate their ability to predict the end of the Internet as we know it! All kidding aside, with World IPv6 Launch, the Internet has changed forever. Over 2,500 organizations including BT have enabled IPv6 websites permanently in celebration of the launch. This “supply” of web content will be welcomed by a burgeoning population of IPv6 users, arising from insatiable global demand for IP addresses, driven by explosive rates of mobile and wireless subscriber growth, particularly in the eastern hemisphere where IPv4