[Chapter-delegates] Puerto Rico Broadband Service Providers prepare for Internet Protocol IPv6

[Cintra Sooknanan]

Eduardo, this is excellent news!

Thanks for sharing

Cintra Sooknanan

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Eduardo Diaz
<eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>wrote:

>  *San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 23, 2012 –* Puerto Rico’s broadband
> providers met last Thursday at the Telegrafo facilities in Santurce for the
> IPv6 Workshop for Broadband Providers in order to begin preparations for
> Puerto Rico’s transition to IPv6 – the next generation Internet Protocol.
>
> The activity was sponsored by the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative and the
> Internet Society, and included a presentation by IPv6 expert Mr. Jose Rosa
> of Cisco Systems. The topics addressed included IPv6 provisioning,
> transition and migration issues faced by broadband service providers.
>
>
> In attendance were Network Engineers and representatives from broadband
> providers including Liberty, AT&T, Claro, OSNet, Caribe.Net, Worldnet,
> Aeronet, AWV Communications, WIFI Caribbean, as well as representatives
> from the University of Puerto Rico, the Internet Society of Puerto Rico and
> INTECO.
>
>
> “There is no doubt the importance of the Internet for Puerto Rico’s
> economic growth. Yet, less than 40% of our residents are broadband users.
> Puerto Rico’s broadband providers are preparing to be able to provide
> broadband to millions of new users, and with faster speeds and greater
> redundancy. Thanks to the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative’s (PRBI) ARRA
> funding, we are already seeing increased network investment by broadband
> providers,” said Carlo Marazzi, President of Critical Hub Networks. “The
> PRBI will continue to work with the broadband provider community to ensure
> that IPv6 is adopted so we can serve the next wave of Puerto Rico’s
> broadband users.”
>
>
> IPv6 is the sixth revision to the Internet Protocol, and the successor to
> the currently-used IPv4. Due to the growth of the Internet in the past
> decade, IPv6 adoption is essential to facilitate the continued growth of
> the Internet and provide the necessary IP addresses for new Internet users
> and devices. The major difference between IPv4 and IPv4 is the number of IP
> addresses. There are just over 4 billion IPv4 addresses (232), while
> there are 2128 IPv6 addresses, or in other words, IPv6 can support
> 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 devices.
>
> "There are now 2 billion people who connect to the Internet. We've got 6
> billion people in the world who want to connect themselves and their
> devices. That is simply not possible with IPv4. It's just not doable.",
> stated Olaf Kolkman, Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Chair on February 3,
> 2011 when the final IPv4 addresses were distributed to the Internet
> registries, including the American Registry for Internet Numbers.
>
>
> “IPv6 is coming, and Puerto Rico is not ready.”, commented Karen Larson,
> Vice President of Critical Hub Networks. “The Internet Society of Puerto
> Rico and the PRBI are going to continue our efforts in 2012 with the goal
> of having the majority of Puerto Rico’s broadband providers participate in
> World IPv6 Day in 2013.”
>
>
> In April 2010, Critical Hub was awarded $25.7 million in ARRA funds
> through the NTIA for the creation of the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative
> (PRBI), a project designed to bring fast, affordable broadband service to
> all of Puerto Rico. Since its funding, the PRBI has established an ultra
> high speed backbone connection for broadband providers from Puerto Rico to
> Miami. The next phase of the project will include a terrestrial wireless
> network to facilitate broadband speeds in areas which are particularly
> underserved, including Maricao, Vieques and Culebra.
>
>
> ISOCPR is the Puerto Rico Chapter of the Internet Society. Created in the
> United States in 1992, the Internet Society is a non-profit entity
> dedicated to safeguarding the best interests of the Internet as well as
> stimulate its use throughout the globe. For more information, visit
> www.isocpr.org .
>
>
> Headquartered in El Telégrafo in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Critical Hub
> Networks, also known as Caribe.Net, is an Internet Service Provider
> offering disaster recovery, data center and colocation services, and a full
> suite of retail, corporate and wholesale Internet services. Additional
> information about Critical Hub Networks can be obtained by e-mail at
> webmaster at caribe.net, by accessing the web site at www.caribe.net, the
> Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative website at www.prbridgeinitiative.org, or
> by calling (787) 728-9000.
>
>
>
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