June 4, 2012 archive

Want to listen in live to a discussion about World IPv6 Launch with Vint Cerf, one of the “Fathers of the Internet” and currently Chief Internet Evangelist at Google?

Tomorrow, June 5, one day before the big launch, Vint Cerf will be participating in a Google+ Hangout On Air at 12 noon US Pacific time. He will be discussing what is happening as part of World IPv6 Launch and will be answering questions from reporters and others gathered in the hangout.

At 12 noon PDT tomorrow, you will be able to listen in via Google+ by going to the Hangout link on Google’s Google+ page at:

https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550/posts

(The Hangout link will not be available until it is live tomorrow.  If we learn of another way to promote the link to the session in advance we’ll update this post with the info.)

The session will be recorded and made available on YouTube.  We’ll post a link here once the archive is available.

With World IPv6 Launch happening on Wednesday, we were delighted to see the news that not only is Netflix making their website available over IPv6, but now they are actually streaming videos over IPv6!  Last week, Josh Evans posted to the Netflix Technical Blog an article that included this information:

For Netflix, our initial IPv6 deployment involves the Netflix website and video streaming on the PC and Mac platforms. We will follow on with other streaming platforms. There’s no action required for Netflix members. We’ll continue to support IPv4, and IPv6 will simply work when your ISP “lights up” support in their networks.

Netflix had joined the list of World IPv6 Launch website participants back in April, but it is outstanding to now receive word that their streaming infrastructure will also support IPv6.

Kudos to the Netflix team for making this happen – and this provides a huge boost to video content availability over IPv6!  Now, native users of IPv6 will be able to stream video from both YouTube and Netflix… who will be the next video provider to embrace the future of the Internet?

World IPv6 Launch starts in just about 34 hours, at 00:00 UTC on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

What are YOU doing to be part of the event?

Have you enabled your website(s) to be available over IPv6?

Have you set up your home network with IPv6?

Are you already one of the thousands of participants in the Launch?

Are you ready for the day when the Internet gets a “new normal”?

If not, how can we help you get ready?  Check out our list of IPv6 resources – or let us know how we can help you.

If you are all ready and are participating, why not record a quick video and tell us about what YOU are doing?

On Wednesday, we’ll be celebrating with videos and blog posts telling the story of how the Internet is changing… we’d love to include your story as part of that mix!