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IPv6 Achieves 50% Reach On Major US Carriers (worldipv6launch.org)
Long-time Slashdot reader dyork brings new from The Internet Society: IPv6 deployment hit a milestone this month related to the four major US providers (Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Sprint, AT&T): "IPv6 is the dominant protocol for traffic from those mobile networks to major IPv6-capable content providers."
A graph on their "World IPv6 Launch" site shows those carriers are now delivering close to 55% of their traffic over IPv6 to major IPv6-capable content providers -- up from just 37.59% in December. "This is really remarkable progress in the four years since World IPv6 Launch in 2012, and the growth of IPv6 deployment in 2016 is showing no signs of abating." In fact, the NTIA is now requesting feedback from organizations that have already implemented IPv6, noting that while we've used up all the 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses, IPv6 offers 340 undecillion IP addresses -- that is, 340 followed by 36 digits.
A graph on their "World IPv6 Launch" site shows those carriers are now delivering close to 55% of their traffic over IPv6 to major IPv6-capable content providers -- up from just 37.59% in December. "This is really remarkable progress in the four years since World IPv6 Launch in 2012, and the growth of IPv6 deployment in 2016 is showing no signs of abating." In fact, the NTIA is now requesting feedback from organizations that have already implemented IPv6, noting that while we've used up all the 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses, IPv6 offers 340 undecillion IP addresses -- that is, 340 followed by 36 digits.
IPv6 has five TRILLION /56 blocks.
There are enough /64 to give every person on earth 2,635,249,153 of them.
128 bits allows for HUGE numbers.
Long ago, when we were developing IPv6, I was part of the group who argued for 128 bit addresses rather than 64 bit. I've decided I was wrong. 64 bits would have been more than enough, and could be processed on 64-bit processors, in standard databases, without hassle. Since my side won the argument, we have 128-bit addresses, which are so big they are a pain in the ass in Microsoft SQL Server and elsewhere.
Still frustrated that the ISPs in Canada are still lagging on getting IPv6. The biggest failing ISP is Bell, with no publicly announced plans.
There has been the "Call Your ISP for IPv6" campaign by the guys over at Sixxs:
https://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Cal...
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
I just think it's cool that the Internet Society's Dan York is posting to Slashdot (and has a six-digit UID).