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Free IPv6 Subnets Are Going Away

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-a-glorious-tomorrow dept.

ar32h writes "The 6bone is going to be phased out soon. This means all of us who have IP addresses or subnets beginning with 3ffe from tunnel brokers like Freenet6 are going to be sorry out of luck." According to the linked phaseout plan, "It is anticipated that under this phaseout plan the 6bone will cease to operate by July 1, 2006, with all 6bone prefixes fully reclaimed by the IANA," but there are a number of sub-deadlines along the way.

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  1. I hate you. by maelstrom · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I do.

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  2. Pardon? by aphor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Excuse me, WTF?

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  3. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This guy doesn't understand this has nothing to do with freenet.

  4. Re:IPv6 is NOT going away by MeanMF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hell even Windows has it. (I await MS's announcement of its invention soon).

    I thought Al Gore was on Apple's board of directors...