IPv6 support on Virgin media
Does anyone know whether (and if so when) Virgin plan to implement IPv6 on its network?
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My spy at the meeting tells me:
The person in charge of IPv6 at Virgin has left. Their replacement was previously at Sky but has been at Virgin less than a week, hence the reason there was no presentation.
I'm told that it's likely to be another year, and probably dual-stack lite.
For Sky it's enabled for essentially everyone, but some of their traffic is IPv4 only due to eg the video streaming app, and maybe some business customers aren't fully enabled.
BT is enabled, but firmware for some of the older Home Hubs doesn't support it. They expect to roll that out in the coming months.
(Apologies to anyone I've misrepresented, Chinese-whispered, etc)
- Interesting… the person who previously reported on it is still at Virgin according to LinkedIn, but maybe it hasn't been updated. Meanwhile SixXS is trying to shoot itself in the foot. Might have to head back to Sky at this rate. :-/
- Oh, I've been misspelling his name since forever. Sorry Daryl. :-)
ARIN (the Regional Internet Registry for Canada and USA) is making a very clear point with their "Do you get 6?" campaign:
ARIN: Do you get 6? http://teamarin.net/get6/who-gets-it/
"To connect to the whole Internet, not just the old Internet, websites must be IPv6-enabled."
It's hard to put the message more simply and cleanly than that. But understanding has a prerequisite: to be listening.
