About World IPv6 Day
Facebook, Google and Yahoo, all websites with more than one billion combined visits each day, are joining the Internet Society and major content delivery networks such as Akamai and Limelight Networks, and Neustar, for the first global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. On June 8, 2011, dubbed “World IPv6 Day,” participants will enable IPv6 on their main services for 24 hours.
The industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk increased costs and limited functionality online for Internet users everywhere. These leading companies are coming together, including Neustar, to help motivate organizations across the industry including Internet service providers, hardware manufacturers, operating system vendors and other web companies, to prepare their services for the transition. We put together some answers to questions that we thought you might have.
Q1: What is “WorldIPv6Day”? When is it?
A1: As stated by the Internet Society, “on 8 June, 2011, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organizations that will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour “test flight”. The goal of the Test Flight Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out.”
Q2: What impact does Quova anticipate from that day?
A2: It will certainly bring more overall attention to IPv6. However, as stated above, June 8 is being driven by content providers, not ISPs. ISPs need to start provisioning IPv6 IP addresses before the market will really take off.
Q3: Does Quova provide IPv6 data today?
A3: Quova has a JumpStart program for customers that want to start integrating IP based location and network data into their IPv6 applications. The data set is currently in a limited set of fields for IPv6. The availability of other location and network intelligence will be dictated by demands and market adoption.
Q4: What delivery mechanism supports the IPv6 data?
A4: The IPv6 data is available as a data file or through GDS 6.2, using the Java API.
Q5: I am not currently running GDS6.2. Can I still enroll in the IPv6 Jumpstart program?
A5: Yes, you will need a separate instance of the GDS to run the IPv6 data.
Q6: How can I enroll for the IPv6 Jumpstart program?
A6: Please contact your Customer Success Manager or email support@quova.com.
Q7: What specific fields are currently available in the IPv6 data?
A7: The data is derived from registry records and includes:
- continent
- country, country_code
- region, state
- city, postal_code, phone_number_prefix, timezone, latitude, longitude
dma,msa - registering organization
Q8: How many entries does Quova have today?
A8: It varies by week but approximately 60,000 rows.
Q9: Can the Jumpstart version be used on our production systems?
A9: Yes, the Jumpstart version has gone through Quova’s full QA cycle. GDS customers are required to use a separate GDS instance. As a reminder, at this time, support for IPv6 is available on GDS 6.2 using the Java API.
Q10: When will Quova be releasing a generally available version of its IPv6 data?
A10: Quova plans to take feedback from our customers to develop a full set of offerings related to IPv6. A generally available version will be released when IPv6 is more widely deployed by ISPs around the world.
Q11: When will most people get access to IPv6?
A11: The rollout to residential consumers has not really happened yet. Comcast has begun trials and they plan to complete the transition by 2012 once they determine which of several approaches works for them. And, everyone with Verizon 4G wireless service gets a native IPv6 address. Some businesses have access to IPv6 but it is still unclear how many who have access are taking advantage of it. Only until recently, content available via IPv6 was lacking, but that is changing.
If you have any further questions or would like to enroll in our Jumpstart program, please contact support@quova.com.
