[Chapter-delegates] World IPv6 Launch Announcement

[Gaurab Raj Upadhaya]

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On 1/17/12 2:52 PM, Leslie Daigle wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm pleased to share with you an announcement being made today
> about World IPv6 Launch--a commitment by leaders from across the
> Internet industry to implement IPv6 in their products and services
> by 6 June 2012.
> 
> This effort directly builds on the success of last year's World
> IPv6 Day organized by the Internet Society, which demonstrated
> through a 24-hour "test flight" that IPv6 is ready for production
> deployment. I expect this year's World IPv6 Launch to be an equally
> important--and successful--milestone in the global deployment of
> IPv6 because of the signifiant commitment participants are making.
> 
> Coordination of this event is an important Internet Society
> activity for 2012, but it is not the only work we will be doing to
> promote IPv6 deployment this year. We are looking forward to
> reaching out and working with Internet Society Chapters, members,
> and partner organizations around the world to organize and events
> and other activities to increase awareness about and deployment of
> IPv6 as this Launch highlights that IPv6 is the new reality of the
> Internet.
> 
> In short, we are looking forward to generating even more energy, 
> enthusiasm and progress in the deployment of IPv6 around the
> world.
> 
> The text of the news release and other background materials are 
> below. I encourage you to learn more at:
> 
> http://www.worldipv6launch.org
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Leslie.
> 
> Leslie Daigle Chief Internet Technology Officer Internet Society 
> daigle at isoc.org
> 
> 
> FOR RELEASE AT 1000 AM ET US 17 JANUARY
> 
> WORLD IPV6 LAUNCH SOLIDIFIES GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR NEW INTERNET 
> PROTOCOL
> 
> Top websites, Internet service providers, and home networking 
> equipment manufacturers commit to largest transition in the 
> Internet's history
> 
> [Washington, D.C., USA and Geneva, Switzerland] - 17 January 2012
> - Major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking
> equipment manufacturers, and web companies around the world are
> coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and
> services by 6 June 2012.
> 
> Organized by the Internet Society, and building on the successful 
> one-day World IPv6 Day event held on 8 June 2011, World IPv6
> Launch represents a major milestone in the global deployment of
> IPv6. As the successor to the current Internet Protocol, IPv4, IPv6
> is critical to the Internet's continued growth as a platform for
> innovation and economic development.
> 
> "The fact that leading companies across several industries are
> making significant commitments to participate in World IPv6 Launch
> is yet another indication that IPv6 is no longer a lab experiment;
> it's here and is an important next step in the Internet's
> evolution," commented Leslie Daigle, the Internet Society's Chief
> Internet Technology Officer. "And, as there are more IPv6 services,
> it becomes increasingly important for companies to accelerate their
> own deployment plans."
> 
> 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
> 
> Participating home networking equipment manufacturers will enable 
> IPv6 by default through the range of their home router products by
> 6 June 2012. Committed equipment manufacturers are:
> 
> * 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 (www.facebook.com) * Google (www.google.com) *
> Microsoft Bing (www.bing.com) * Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)
> 
> 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.
> 
> As IPv4 addresses become increasingly scarce, every segment of the 
> industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk 
> increased costs and limited functionality online for Internet
> users everywhere. World IPv6 Launch participants are leading the
> way in this effort.
> 
> For more information about World IPv6 Launch, products and
> services covered, as well as links to useful information for users
> and information about how other companies may participate, visit:
> 
> http://www.worldipv6launch.org
> 
> About the need for IPv6 IPv4 has approximately four billion IP 
> addresses (the sequence of numbers assigned to each 
> Internet-connected device). The explosion in the number of people, 
> devices, and web services on the Internet means that IPv4 is
> running out of space. IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol
> which provides more than 340 trillion, trillion, trillion
> addresses, will connect the billions of people not connected today
> and will help ensure the Internet can continue its current growth
> rate indefinitely.
> 
> 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. For more information, see:
> www.internetsociety.org
> 
> Media Contact:
> 
> Internet Society Wende Cover cover at isoc.org
> 
> Supporting Quotes from World IPv6 Launch Participants
> 
> Akamai "Web-enabled businesses will need to ensure their
> applications are available over IPv6 in order to keep pace with the
> Internet's ever-expanding audience. Akamai is committed to helping
> our customers with a smooth transition to IPv6 without impacting
> performance or requiring disruptive changes to their origin
> networking infrastructure. The global breadth of our IPv6
> deployment helped enable a seamless experience for content
> providers during World IPv6 Day last year, and we stand ready to
> support this next important, and permanent, step in the evolution
> of the Internet." -- Tom Leighton, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist,
> Akamai
> 
> AT&T "We've seen unprecedented growth in network traffic over the 
> past several years, and IPv6 is critical to the continuation of
> that growth. AT&T has been a leader in the transition to IPv6 for
> many years, and we're excited to participate in World IPv6 Launch
> by enabling IPv6 services for new and existing residential
> customers, in addition to the enterprise customers we support with
> IPv6 today." -- John Donovan, CTO, AT&T
> 
> Cisco "IPv6 is important to all of us. It is critical to the 
> continued growth of the Internet, bringing together people and 
> devices around the globe. As a leader in the development of IPv6 
> since its inception, Cisco is excited to be an integral part of
> the industry working together toward the World IPv6 Launch
> organized by the Internet Society. In addition to the continued
> support for IPv6 we have in our products today, we will be joining
> other websites around the world by permanently enabling IPv6 on 
> www.cisco.com<http://www.cisco.com/>, as well as enabling IPv6 by 
> default on our new line of E-series home routers." -- John
> Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco
> 
> Comcast "IPv6 deployment is a key priority for Comcast in 2012,
> and we're excited to participate in this Internet Society event
> that will help catalyze action around the world on this important
> transition." -- Cathy Avgiris, Senior Vice President and General
> Manager Communications and Data Services, Comcast
> 
> D-Link "D-Link recently completed a new round of IPv6 
> interoperability testing, underscoring our commitment to customers 
> when the transition from IPv4 takes place. As we continue to
> develop new and innovative networking products, D-Link will provide
> support across all of our solutions to ensure a smooth transition
> to IPv6 for service providers and end users." -- William Brown,
> associate vice president of product development, D-Link North
> America
> 
> Facebook "Last year's industry-wide test of IPv6 successfully
> showed that the global adoption of IPv6 is the best way to keep web
> devices communicating in the future. Permanently enabling IPv6 is
> vital to keeping the Internet open and ensuring people stay
> connected online as the number of web users and devices continues
> to grow." -- Jay Parikh, VP of Infrastructure Engineering at
> Facebook
> 
> Google "World IPv6 Launch marks a watershed moment in Internet 
> history. It breaks the limits of the original address space to open
> a vast new territory, trillions upon trillions of times larger,
> and reinforces the end-to-end architecture that made the Internet
> so powerful at the beginning. Google strongly supports this
> upgrade. We're happy to see that everyone is moving to the
> 21st-century Internet!" -- Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist at
> Google
> 
> Internode "We are at the stage in IPv6 deployment where it's time
> for major Internet Service Providers to make it a transparent part
> of their customers' experience. Internode has enabled native IPv6
> by default for all new customers, and all the routers we sell all
> come with 'IPv6 Inside'. Our experience shows us that IPv6 is now
> fully capable of providing seamless, uninterrupted and efficient
> access to the Internet, dual-stacked with IPv4. It's time to jump
> in - the water is fine." -- Simon Hackett, Managing Director at
> Internode
> 
> KDDI "Last year, in the event of the World IPv6 Day, KDDI's IPv6 
> networks worked well when the major websites around the world had 
> IPv6 enabled. KDDI is now operating the networks accommodating
> more than 600,000 dual stack users. We are promoting the launch of
> IPv6, in order that the Internet may continue to maintain its key
> role in society." --Mr.Yoshiharu Shimatani, Senior Vice President
> of KDDI
> 
> Limelight Networks "We are proud to participate in the transition 
> towards IPv6, as one of the first fully IPv6-enabled content
> delivery networks. IPv6 is a crucial step in facilitating the
> continued growth and improved performance of IP networks globally.
> The success of last year's World IPv6 Day motivated many
> participants to permanently IPv6 enable their sites. Limelight
> Networks is committed to working with the industry to increase the
> level of preparation so that we can accelerate our move to a more
> scalable, flexible and interoperable Internet." --Todd Braning, VP
> of Network Architecture and Engineering for Limelight Networks
> 
> Microsoft Bing "Bing is excited to bring the next-generation
> search to the next generation of the Internet. Microsoft has been
> pleased to partner with so many industry leading technology
> companies to usher in the next evolution of the Internet." --
> Derrick Connell, corporate vice president of Bing at Microsoft
> Corporation
> 
> Time Warner Cable "The time to permanently enable IPv6 has
> arrived. Time Warner Cable is committed to the World IPv6 Launch in
> June, our customers should be reassured that the platform is ready
> and our partners should be including IPv6 in all their products
> and services." -- Mike Lajoie, CTO of Time Warner Cable
> 
> Yahoo! "The Internet has grown to be an essential part of our
> daily lives. It connects our devices to our apps; more importantly,
> it connects us to each other. Yahoo! is proud to be a part of the
> World IPv6 Launch - an event that marks the next  chapter of our
> Internet. IPv6 enables the Internet to grow, while remaining open
> and accessible to new applications and new ideas." -- Jason
> Fesler, Distinguished Architect and IPv6 Evangelist, Yahoo!
> 
> 
> Leslie Daigle Chief Internet Technology Officer Internet Society 
> daigle at isoc.org
> 
> 
> 
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