We’ve just published updated numbers from our IPv6 network operator measurements and once more we see more operators delivering more IPv6 in more places around the globe. One noteworthy new addition to our listings is Singaporean ISP StarHub who have gone from less than 0.1% to over 8% IPv6 deployment in the space of a month.
Network operators deploying IPv6 should register for inclusion in our measurements.
How has the Internet changed in the one year since World IPv6 Launch? How many more sites, network operators and home router vendors are now using IPv6? In honor of the 1-year anniversary of World IPv6 Launch, we’ve released an updated infographic at:
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IPv6 deployment doesn’t have to be a gradual process, providing it has been well planned in advance. In last month’s results Swisscom had a deployment measure of 0.88%. Compare this month’s results that we’ve just published and you’ll see Swisscom now ranked in 8th position with measured IPv6 deployment of 14.88%. This increase isn’t an aberration either and is supported by other public measures of IPv6 deployment.
It’s great to see another major Internet provider like Swisscom joining the many industry leading organisations that are helping to deliver ‘the new normal’ for the Internet. For others still hesitating this is another indication that there’s really no impediment left to large-scale IPv6 deployment.
World IPv6 Launch set a threshold of 1% IPv6 traffic measured by major content providers (Google, Facebook and Yahoo!) for network operator participants to meet. Many individual network operators took up this challenge and met it (see our measurements page for more details).
The global Internet has now passed an even more significant milestone with Google now reporting that the percentage of users accessing Google over native IPv6 regularly exceeds 1% and continues to rise. This number indicates the cumulative impact of widespread and growing network operator deployment and enablement of IPv6 services to their subscribers on one large content provider. Mark Townsley of Cisco has written a nice article which outlines the importance and significance of this event, noting that, “If this trend continues, [IPv6 user activity] will double again by mid next year and could break past 10% by the end of 2014.”
It is worth noting that for operators that have already widely deployed and enabled IPv6 to their subscribers and where those subscribers are largely IPv6 capable themselves, IPv6 traffic levels in excess of 50% are already observed and reported in our measurements. The state of IPv6 is clear – launched and gathering momentum rapidly!
We have published the latest measurement results for World IPv6 Launch network operator participants. We now present data for 99 networks, a 10% increase on September’s figures. This is a result of new networks registering to join the Launch effort and already registered networks passing the measurement thresholds. A total of 77 networks are now exceeding the World IPv6 Launch target of 1% traffic over IPv6, many are carrying much higher percentages of IPv6 traffic.
A ‘new entrant’ in the Top 10 is OVH (AS16276) with a measured increase in IPv6 traffic of over 10% from last month.
The results are ranked by volume of traffic measured by Google. The percentages are a simple average of measurement results from multiple sources. Our measurement sources are Google, Yahoo! and Facebook and we have published results for all network operator participants for which we have at least two measurement sources and for which the simple average of those measurements is greater than 0.1%. Further detail on the measurement methodology is available here.
We have published the latest measurement results for World IPv6 Launch network operator participants. We now present data for 90 networks, 20 more than in August. This is a result of new networks registering to join the Launch effort and existing networks passing the measurement thresholds. It’s hugely impressive to see that 6 of these networks are now delivering more than 50% of their traffic over IPv6. A total of 72 networks are now exceeding the World IPv6 Launch target of 1% traffic over IPv6.
The results are ranked by volume of traffic measured by Google. The percentages are a simple average of measurement results from multiple sources. Our measurement sources are Google, Yahoo! and Facebook and we have published results for all network operator participants for which we have at least two measurement sources and for which the simple average of those measurements is greater than 0.1%. Further detail on the measurement methodology is available here.
We’ve published network operator measurement results from World IPv6 Launch here. These results show some networks carrying impressive percentages of IPv6 traffic. The results are ranked by volume of traffic measured by Google. The percentages are a simple average of measurement results from multiple sources. Our measurement sources are Google, Yahoo! and Facebook and we have published results for all network operator participants for which we have at least two measurement sources and for which the simple average of those measurements is greater than 0.1%.
Folks interested in the measurement methodologies used by our sources should read on.
Google: We measure IPv6 adoption among Google users by adding measurement JavaScript to a random sample of visits to various Google properties. The methodology is similar to that described in our paper, Evaluating IPv6 adoption in the Internet. The JavaScript uses HTTP to fetch a URL from an IPv4-only hostname and a URL from a dual-stack hostname, in random order, and then reports the results. The measurement is attributed to the ASN that originates the user’s IPv4 address. Measurement endpoints use the same infrastructure that serve regular Google traffic.
Facebook: On June 6th, we examined page loads from randomly selected users. For each user we are able to test if they are using IPv6 to communicate with Facebook. We also know which ISP (World IPv6 Launch participant) they are using at their location. After collecting all data for June 6th, we calculated the percent of unique IPv6 users out of total unique users we saw from each ISP. Many millions of page loads were in our 24-hour data capture for these statistics.
Yahoo!: Yahoo!’s data is based on a sample of the user population hitting our “Front Page” sites (such as www.yahoo.com, ca.yahoo.com, etc). The percentage of IPv6 users is determined by an invisible image on the page being loaded from a dual stack (IPv4+IPv6) web server; the web server logs whether IPv4 or IPv6 was used. Each user selected for measuring IPv6 will only run this test to completion once per 24 hours, per browser session. We considered any ISP with more than 1000 users (extrapolated from sample set) to be measurable; we additionally considered any ISP with significant IPv4 users to be measurable.
In this video, Mr. Niel Hirjee, Vice Chair of the ISOC India Kolkata Chapter, speaks about what he believes is necessary for IPv6 to succeed in India.
See more at http://www.worldipv6launch.org/videos/