IPv6 on CNN and Vanity Fair

Very informative email from Save Vocea (ICANN Pacific Islands member) about IPv6 deployment in the Pacific.

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Subject: Re: [PICISOC] IPv6 on CNN and Vanity Fair
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 20:39:34 -0700
From: Save Vocea <save.vocea@icann.org>
Reply-To: Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society Discussion
List    <picisoc@picisoc.org>
To: Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society Discussion List
<picisoc@picisoc.org>

To bring focus to the region, APNIC prepared a paper on Addressing the
Pacific region: IPv4 and IPv6 statistics. Shows how much IPv4 and IPv6
addresses each territory has so you can work out if there's sufficient
address space for users and devices in your economy. Perhaps a reason
why some providers haven't opted to request any IPv6 address as yet.

http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/19995/addressing_the_pacific_region.pdf

This was shared at the PITA annual members mtg held last month in
Honiara and since then Tokelau have now received their IPv4 and IPv6
address block after their rep requested APNIC.

What may be useful for end-users /consumers in the islands is to ask
their service provider about their IPv6 deployment plans and status.
Wouldn't it be nice to read these updates from your service providers
dedicated web page? They could also provide consumer advice about the
need to buy IPv6 capable CPE and who can provide IPv6 support on island,
etc.  Will be interesting to see how many routers and IP devices  in
homes / local business / institutions are already IPv6 ready.

Regards,
Save