Thanks Lee for bringing this up,<br><br>I've been asked by my students what is causing this slow shift for the rest of the world. I tell them that it is a combination of determination by the ISPs and the costs associated with new equipment, software, and solutions to maintain a co-existence of both IPv4 and IPv6 (e.g., dual/IP stacking, tunneling, etc.). Apparently, Norway has both a determination and enough cash to get things moving quicker than the rest.<br>
<br>Though a bit old, this fine article by Geoff Duncan is very useful to have a full idea of what is going on: <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/world-ipv6-launch-day-explained-the-next-unseen-evolution-of-the-web/">http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/world-ipv6-launch-day-explained-the-next-unseen-evolution-of-the-web/</a><br>
<br>Geoff says:<br><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"> Most ISPs don’t offer IPv6 connectivity to their customers — even if
they’re starting to use it on their own networks — so even if you’re
savvy enough to set up IPv6 on your own, the odds are good that you’ll
be tunneling down to IPv4 as soon as you try to connect to the broader
Internet.</blockquote><div style="overflow:hidden;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:left;text-decoration:none;border:medium none"><br></div>I just tested with my own ISP here in Sweden and can verify the above! <br>
<br clear="all">Sincerely,<br><br>Walid<br><br>-----------------<br><br>Walid Al-Saqaf<br>Founder & Administrator<br>alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship<br><a href="https://alkasir.com" target="_blank">https://alkasir.com</a><a href="mailto:walid.al-saqaf@oru.se" target="_blank"></a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:55 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chaitanyabd@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaitanyabd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>And Kudos Norway for heading the internet "shift" movement! (I always thought it would be the UK or the US at #1; funny they're not even top 10)</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17938580" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17938580</a></div>
<div> </div><div> </div><div>-C<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Lee W McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu" target="_blank">lmcknigh@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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