Net IPv6 cutover
By Asha

The world will run out of IP addresses in the near future, and so the powers that be are preparing for the move to IPv6 which should cater to the booming demand of people, devices and webservices.

Last year, I had written about the trial run on June 8, 2011 where technology majors like Facebook, Google, Yahoo etc tested out the move to Internet Protocol Ipv6. About 400 companies did this test run on June 8, 2011.  Only one Indian organization Inregistry.in participated last year.

The Internet Society has announced that many giants like Facebook, Google, Yahoo are going to permanently move over to Ipv6 on June 6, 2012.

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ISPs participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 for enough users so that at least 1% of their wireline residential subscribers who visit participating websites will do so using IPv6 by 6 June 2012. These ISPs have committed that IPv6 will be available automatically as the normal course of business for a significant portion of their subscribers. Committed ISPs are:

AT&T
Comcast
Free Telecom
Internode
KDDI
Time Warner Cable
XS4ALL
Cisco
D-Link

Web companies participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 on their main websites permanently beginning 6 June 2012. Inaugural participants are:

Facebook
Google
Microsoft Bing
Yahoo!

Content delivery network providers Akamai and Limelight will be enabling their customers to join this list of participating websites by enabling IPv6 throughout their infrastructure.
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