| IPv6: Asia's Agent of Change | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 12:18 PM | |||
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Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is the agent of change. Approved by the current standards body, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), IPv6 will be more equitable. Making the change overnight would be expensive, though, because new hardware is required; so it is taking time, the change happening incrementally as providers routinely update older hardware. | ||
| But with the backing of the Japanese government (JPY8 billion in 2001 alone) and industry, along with that of other countries like South Korea and China, IPv6 is coming to Asia first. Both the Japanese and Chinese governments have set a target date of 2005 for full implementation.
This is an interesting article. |
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