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Africa Leads In IPv6 Adoption

Posted by timothy on from the rising-tide-all-boats dept.

Ian Lamont writes "The recent news that China will run out of IPv4 addresses in a few years points to slow adoption of IPv6 in some developed countries. Now it turns out that the largest number of networks displaying new IPv6 address blocks are registered through AfriNIC, which services networks in Africa and the Indian Ocean. While AfriNIC has a smaller installed base than other regions, many countries in Africa are showing rapid growth in terms of online connectivity."

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  1. Why not stay with IPv4? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Why doesn't Africa stay with IPv4? At the rate their dying from AIDS and tribal warfare, they can recycle v4 IPs all the time.

  2. How many? by GottliebPins · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We are proud to report that all six of our computers are now on IPv6!

    How many machines are there really? I'd imagine there are more internet devices in Antarctica than in all of Africa?

  3. AfriNIC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    AfriNIC, more like AfriNIG. Get it? NIG...ger? Do you get it yet? Nigger. There's a bunch of monkey niggers running around grunting and throwing spears trying to kill a boar for dinner.

  4. FROST pIST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    these Challen6es