U.S. ISPs are requesting more IPv6 addresses and fewer IPv4
addresses than ever before -- a sign that carriers are investing in the
future amidst one of the deepest recessions in modern history, reports Network World.
The shift in IP address requests shows that North American carriers are
getting ready for the long-anticipated upgrade of the Internet's main
communications protocol from IPv4, the current standard, to the
next-generation IPv6.
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www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101909-ipv6-growth.html