IPv6 support on Virgin media
Does anyone know whether (and if so when) Virgin plan to implement IPv6 on its network?
Forum Discussion
Since the graph that @davefiddes linked at https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/AS5089?a=5089&c=GB&x=0&s=1&p=1&w=30&s=0 will change continually and could lose the extremely close correspondence to my plot of the first derivative of the APNIC daily counts, I'm recording a copy for us here:
It's the portion from the Oct 2018 line just left of centre towards the right that matches very closely, as this is the 3-month view. You can match the peaks and troughs, one by one. :P
My fortnightly update graph is sticking to its usual Sunday slot, but today we have a couple of things to celebrate so here's a little advance post.
Virgin's IPv6 APNIC counts hit the nice round milestone of 10K daily counts yesterday, and today we maintained that stride by surpassing our previous all-time record which was set all the way back in 2017_09_28:
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DATE AS Users IPv6 %UKv6 Increment
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2017_09_28: VIRGIN 15,832,231 10,301 0.07 348 <- Old record peak: 10,301
..........
2018_12_01: VIRGIN 10,857,622 8,928 0.06 296
2018_12_02: VIRGIN 10,842,927 9,204 0.06 276
2018_12_03: VIRGIN 10,817,456 9,476 0.06 272
2018_12_04: VIRGIN 10,933,810 9,521 0.06 45
2018_12_05: VIRGIN 10,864,165 9,788 0.06 267
2018_12_06: VIRGIN 10,838,360 10,137 0.06 349 <- 10K Milestone
2018_12_07: VIRGIN 10,823,198 10,489 0.06 352 <- New record peak: 10,489
I've included the daily increments column again just to highlight how the latest growth is matching the rate of increase that we saw back in 2017. I'm not entirely sure what to make of it, but I'm happy as long as IPv6 activity is rising. :P
Who knows, maybe it means that Virgin is preparing a nice little Xmas present for us.
PS. I have been known to be over-optimistic before. :P
Morgaine.