IPv6 Act Now

Comcast has scheduled for early June the trials of various IPv6 technologies it first announced back in January. The announcements reveal the different status in terms of IPv6 preparedness of various cable industry vendors, including Cisco, Arris, Motorola, Juniper and Netgear. IPv4 Internet address space is expected to be completely exhausted by the latter half of [...]

Comcast and Internet Systems Consortium announced on Thursday the availability of open source software that will help carriers and enterprises migrate to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol. Called Address Family Transition Router (AFTR), the software is available immediately and free of charge to network engineers who want to experiment with this [...]

Comcast today announced plans to conduct production-network trials of IPv6 technology this year. The trials are aimed at helping identify and solve any areas of difficulty involved in the transition to IPv6, and to determine what approach will be the easiest and most seamless for its customers, says Jason Livingood, Comcast’s Internet System Engineer. More [...]

If you’re looking for proof that the adoption of IPv6 is becoming a U.S. phenomenon, take a look at both Comcast and Verizon Wireless. Both of these service providers have decided to migrate from IPv4-based networks to IPv6. According to the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), U.S.-based service providers interest in IPv6 over IPv4 [...]

Comcast continues to outpace rival U.S. cable companies in the development of next-generation Internet connectivity and content. Last week, the ISP was among the first carriers to demonstrate end-to-end IPv6 transmission for residential broadband customers. IPv6 is a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol that provides more IP addresses, built-in security and easier configuration [...]

Comcast is making a move to IPv6, making IPv6 transit services available to its wholesale customers. This a significant development because in less than two years, the IPv4 (define) address space will be exhausted, but it doesn’t mean there won’t be any more Internet addresses. IPv4 has a 32-bit address size, allowing for only 4.3 billion [...]