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What About IPv6? How Long Until Widespread Deployment?

Posted by Cliff on from the don't-hold-your-breath dept.

Christopher Blood asks: "Over at the register, they talk about the EU adopting IPv6. So what about the USA? When do we get it? IPv6 would solve some and DOS problems and we will need the extra address space. What's the holdup?" While IPv6 may be the cure for all of our IPv4 ills, upgrading the whole internet to the new technology isn't going to happen over night. What has been done to prepare for the jump, and what still needs to happen before it can become a reality?

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  1. Re:WARNING!!! **GOATSE** LINK ABOVE!!! by dcviper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    no it doesn't, its worse. its o'reilly creepy animals.....

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    Ummm, err, say what, now?
  2. Why liter? by ZigMonty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm curious, why did America decide to call the litre a liter? They seem to be the only country to have done this.