Many major Internet companies have joined efforts in pursuit of the move to IPv6, announcing June 6, 2012 as the world launch day. This is, however, simply a launch and not a full move. In order for companies to participate, they must meet certain requirements depending on the nature of their business.
- ISPs must enable IPv6 for at least 1% of their customers
- Equipment manufacturers must enable IPv6 by default in their products
- Websites must permanently enable IPv6 for their websites
With the recent expansion to devices connected to the Internet, the move from IPv4 was a certainty. In fact, some parts of the globe have already run out of their allotment of IP addresses. Under the IPv4 system, there were only 4.29 billion IP addresses to go around. If everyone in the world had only one device connected to the Internet, that leaves us a few billion short. The IPv6 system has substantially more with 240 undecillion addresses.
The problem with implementation is that the two are incompatible, requiring hardware and software to be replaced along the entire chain. An individual's computer and router, the ISP, and website hosts must all make the swap to allow communications.
Among the businesses currently signed up are Facebook, Google, Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, Cisco, D-Link.
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