[Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Successful World IPv6 Day Demonstrates Global Readiness for IPv6

[Greg Wood]

For your reference, we will be distributing the following news release at 0200 UTC 9 June 2011.

-Greg

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SUCCESSFUL WORLD IPV6 DAY DEMONSTRATES GLOBAL READINESS FOR IPV6

Top websites serving billions of users demonstrate progress towards largest transition in Internet's history

RESTON, VIRGINIA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 9 June 2011 - Top websites and Internet service providers around the world, including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Akamai, and Limelight Networks, joined together with more than 1000 other participating websites in World IPv6 Day for a successful global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. By providing a coordinated 24-hour "test flight", the event helped demonstrate that major websites around the world are well-positioned for the move to a global IPv6-enabled Internet, enabling its continued exponential growth.

During World IPv6 Day organized by the Internet Society, nearly 400 participating organizations enabled IPv6 on their main services for 24 hours on 8 June. With IPv4 addresses running out this year, the industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk increased costs and limited functionality online for Internet users everywhere. World IPv6 Day participants came together to help motivate organizations across the industry--Internet service providers, hardware manufacturers, operating system vendors and other web companies--to prepare their services for the transition.

A key goal of World IPv6 Day was to expose potential issues with real-world IPv6 use under controlled conditions. Given the diversity of technology that powers the Internet, the global nature of the trial was crucial to identify unforeseen problems. The vast majority of users were able to access services as usual, but in rare cases, users experienced impaired access to participating websites during the trial. 

For more information about World IPv6 Day, links to useful information for users, and a summary of data from the event, visit:

http://www.worldipv6day.org

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the world's trusted independent source of leadership for Internet policy, technology standards and future development. Based on its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society works with its members and Chapters around the world to promote the continued evolution and growth of the open Internet through dialog among companies, governments, and other organizations around the world. See www.internetsociety.org

For Reference:
Internet Society
Greg Wood
wood at isoc.org

Akamai
Young, Jeffrey
jyoung at akamai.com

Facebook
Nisha Gulati
ngulati at fb.com

Google
Jake Hubert
jakehubert at google.com

Limelight Networks
Leah Gladu
lgladu at llnw.com

Yahoo!
Christina Scharrenberg
cscharr at yahoo-inc.com