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Yahoo IPv6 Upgrade Could Shut Out 1M Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the trial-by-fire dept.

alphadogg writes "Yahoo is forging ahead with a move to IPv6 on its main Web site by year-end despite worries that up to 1 million Internet users may be unable to access it initially. Yahoo's massive engineering effort to support IPv6 — the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol — could at first shut out potential www.yahoo.com users due to what the company and others call 'IPv6 brokenness.'"

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  1. 1 Million Internet viewers... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 1, Troll

    So 1000000 users can't view Yahoo's Web server...

    And nothing of value was lost.

    1. Re:1 Million Internet viewers... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 0, Troll

      Off-Topic?

      You couldn't even correctly mod me Troll?