Comments on: IPv6: behind the hype http://hburgnews.com/2007/05/17/ipv6-behind-the-hype/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipv6-behind-the-hype Harrisonburg's Community News Network Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hburgnews » H’burg not the only place waiting on IPv6 http://hburgnews.com/2007/05/17/ipv6-behind-the-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-4141 hburgnews » H’burg not the only place waiting on IPv6 Wed, 23 May 2007 15:23:00 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/05/17/ipv6-behind-the-hype/#comment-4141 [...] According to the Morgan Messenger, World Airwaves (the company setting up IPv6 wireless network here in Harrisonburg) was supposed to have IPv6 wireless coverage in Morgan County, West Virginia last year as well. From the Morgan Messenger last August: Initially, the Winchester-based technology company will mount equipment on Morgan County’s 911 tower on Cacapon Mountain, providing broadband internet service to businesses in the Morgan County Industrial Park and to private customers in the surrounding area. That phase of the World Airwaves build-out must be completed by October 2, 2006 according to the August 18 agreement. [...] [...] According to the Morgan Messenger, World Airwaves (the company setting up IPv6 wireless network here in Harrisonburg) was supposed to have IPv6 wireless coverage in Morgan County, West Virginia last year as well. From the Morgan Messenger last August: Initially, the Winchester-based technology company will mount equipment on Morgan County’s 911 tower on Cacapon Mountain, providing broadband internet service to businesses in the Morgan County Industrial Park and to private customers in the surrounding area. That phase of the World Airwaves build-out must be completed by October 2, 2006 according to the August 18 agreement. [...]

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]]> By: Renee http://hburgnews.com/2007/05/17/ipv6-behind-the-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-3774 Renee Thu, 17 May 2007 22:55:09 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/05/17/ipv6-behind-the-hype/#comment-3774 I think the big drive to get IPV6 in Harrisonburg is not "faster internet", though I see from this article that it has been misrepresented that way. The push to get it here, in my opinion, should be that Harrisonburg would be a "test-bed" for IPV6 technology. There is a lot of interest in the technology business world to build systems that take advantage of the IPV6 addressing scheme, and by offering it here city-wide, we would 1) attract high-tech businesses that would want to build systems in this city, and 2) encourage our current high-tech businesses to utilize the technology when designing their systems, giving them an economic advantage when IPV6 becomes widely available across the US. The advantage of IPV6 comes not from speed, but from the vast number of addresses available. Simply, there is a longer string of numbers used for addresses, so there is a much higher number of combinations available. It's similar to when a new area code is needed because all of the phone numbers in one area code are used up, but instead of just adding a new "area code", IPV6 creates a much longer "phone number". Being part of a small technology business here in Harrisonburg, I am really disappointed that this has taken so long and that our local internet providers are not jumping in to be a part of it. I know of at least 3 different tech companies here that have projects in mind that they could develop on the IPV6 system if it comes here that cannot be developed on the current IPV4 standard. The US government is pushing all vendor companies to support IPV6 by 2008, so Harrisonburg is going to quickly lose its chance to become a major test-bed when another city with a lot of government contractors decides to implement it first. On a related note, read a short article about China's IPV6 initiative here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Next_Generation_Internet I think the big drive to get IPV6 in Harrisonburg is not “faster internet”, though I see from this article that it has been misrepresented that way.

The push to get it here, in my opinion, should be that Harrisonburg would be a “test-bed” for IPV6 technology. There is a lot of interest in the technology business world to build systems that take advantage of the IPV6 addressing scheme, and by offering it here city-wide, we would
1) attract high-tech businesses that would want to build systems in this city, and
2) encourage our current high-tech businesses to utilize the technology when designing their systems, giving them an economic advantage when IPV6 becomes widely available across the US.

The advantage of IPV6 comes not from speed, but from the vast number of addresses available. Simply, there is a longer string of numbers used for addresses, so there is a much higher number of combinations available. It’s similar to when a new area code is needed because all of the phone numbers in one area code are used up, but instead of just adding a new “area code”, IPV6 creates a much longer “phone number”.

Being part of a small technology business here in Harrisonburg, I am really disappointed that this has taken so long and that our local internet providers are not jumping in to be a part of it. I know of at least 3 different tech companies here that have projects in mind that they could develop on the IPV6 system if it comes here that cannot be developed on the current IPV4 standard.

The US government is pushing all vendor companies to support IPV6 by 2008, so Harrisonburg is going to quickly lose its chance to become a major test-bed when another city with a lot of government contractors decides to implement it first.

On a related note, read a short article about China’s IPV6 initiative here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Next_Generation_Internet

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