Interoute adopts IPv6 to guarantee IP addresses for the next century
12 May 2009
Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest next-generation network, has increased the capacity of its network to include native support for the incoming IPv6 Internet protocol. IPv6 will create billions of new IP addresses to supplement the current public protocol, IPv4, supporting growing demand.
Most computers access the Internet through public IP addresses managed and distributed by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). These are made up of a combination of 32 numbers that provide 4,294 million access addresses. With the growth of the Internet, the model has started to feel the strain and two thirds of these addresses have already been assigned. Forward thinking telecommunications operators and ISPs are now looking to ensure they are IPv6 ready, as discussions about the long term future of IPv4 continue.
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