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• Run on IPv4 addresses could exhaust supply by December

  The remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses could be depleted as early as December due to unprecedented levels of broadband and wireless adoption in the Asia Pacific region, experts say.

• Last IPv4 addresses may already be cluttered

  The few blocks of Internet addresses yet to be allocated under the old IPv4 protocol seem to be home to some "hotspots" of unwanted traffic that anyone who gets the addresses would have to pay for, a researcher said at the North American Network Operators Group conference on Monday.

• IPv6: D-Day coming for ISPs

  John Curran has a message for ISPs: Don't expect to be bailed out if you haven't already started the upgrade to IPv6.

• New IPv6 testing tool ships

  Mu Dynamics announced on Monday a test suite for IPv6 that custom generates tests based on the user's existing IPv4 network traffic rather than from pre-determined, standard test cases.

• Asian carriers grab IPv4 addresses at record rate

  Network operators in Asia are snapping up IPv4 addresses at a faster rate than ever before, putting more pressure on the Internet industry to upgrade to IPv6, the long-anticipated replacement for IPv4.

• NBN must have IPv6 enabled: ISOC-AU

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) must have Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) enabled at a network level, according to the Internet Society of Australia.NBN needs to implement IPv6, says Internet society

• Reasons for supporting IPv6 continue to pile up

  Network and Web site operators are coming under increasing pressure to support IPv6 -- the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol -- as more market indicators point to the rapid depletion of addresses for IPv4.

• Verizon follows Comcast lead on IPv6

  Verizon appears to be playing catch-up to broadband rival Comcast with its announcement Tuesday of a residential trial of IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• Internode to formally offer consumers IPv6 this year

  Internode will offer production IPv6 services to consumers by the end of 2010 as it continues to gain experience through a trial of the next generation Internet Protocol.

• Google, Microsoft, Netflix in talks to create shared list of IPv6 users

  Leading Web content providers -- including Google, Yahoo, Netflix and Microsoft -- are conducting early-stage conversations about creating a shared list of customers who can access their Web sites via IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• Comcast, Netflix report rise in IPv6 activity in US

  ANAHEIM -- The Internet industry is seeing evidence that more consumers, corporations and Web sites are deploying IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol, which is known as IPv4. But IPv6 remains a fraction of Internet traffic, and it's nowhere near where it should be given the rapid depletion of IPv4 addresses.

• YouTube support of IPv6 seen in dramatic traffic spike

  Google has quietly turned on IPv6 support for its YouTube video streaming Web site, sending a spike of IPv6 traffic across the Internet that has continued from last Thursday until Monday.

• Australia leads the way in IPv6 education networks

  Australia could be home to one of the largest education networks to operate on the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) platform within two months.
  

• Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns

  Corporations and government agencies must IPv6-enable their public-facing Web sites in the next 24 months or risk upsetting a growing number of visitors with lower-grade connectivity.

• APNIC: IPv6 adoption delay could create costs

  The accelerating decline of IPv4 address space could end up increasing the cost of Internet access unless the industry speeds up the migration to IPv6 in the near future, according to Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) chief scientist, Geoff Huston.