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Global IPv6 Strategies: From Business Analysis to Operational Planning
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Global IPv6 Strategies: From Business Analysis to Operational Planning

by Patrick Grossetete, Ciprian Popoviciu, Fred Wettling
May 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
456 pages
10h 53m
English
Cisco Press
Content preview from Global IPv6 Strategies: From Business Analysis to Operational Planning

Chapter 2. IPv4 or IPv6—Myths and Realities

The year is 1977. Earth’s population has not yet reached 4.5 billion. One hundred and eleven interconnected computing machines make up the ARPANET, a research network.

Thirty years later, in 2008, Earth’s population peaks at 6.6 billion and the Internet, with a population of 1.3 billion, has yet to reach 22 percent penetration rate, the threshold that qualifies it as a massively adopted technology. While arguing about the lifetime scope of the available IPv4 address space, the Internet community aggressively pursues a massive convergence of communication technologies (audio, data, video, and voice) over IP. The community is still debating the urgency of an upgrade to IPv6.

In the year 2030, Earth’s ...

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