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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. If you are just starting by BlackSnake112 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you were building a network when you had nothing before, why not start with IPv6.

  2. Re:I knew Angelina Jolie would trigger ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    really, really lame.

  3. Re:and in unrelated news... by OverlordQ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Jeez, the first new waves of botnets are from the third world. Script kiddies and mass mailers will be so proud!

    Not really. You can't exactly scan an IPv6 range with the same efficiency as you can a IPv4 range. The chances of finding a live machine on the other end is really really really .... really small.

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  4. Re:The US should pay attention by rugatero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Being modded funny doesn't mean they didn't believe you - true things can be funny too, although perhaps this is only funny in a "well, you've gotta laugh or you'd cry" kind of way.

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  5. Re:The US should pay attention by tsalmark · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Can you say Shadenfreude. Not all of us live in the USA.