I note that the number of available IPv4 addresses has dropped below the 10% mark. This is displayed on the counter on the right hand column of this blog but it took a link to the Number Resource Org on Facebook to alert me to the fact.
This year should see an intensification of efforts to move to the full support of IPv6. The Sept 5th 2011 date for exhaustion of the IPv4 pool is not very far away now. In reality there will still be stocks of addresses held “in private hands” so that date doesn’t see the unprepared fall off a cliff but it is a clear pressure point.
I should make it publicly known now that I’m planning a party for this date. Anyone wanting to come along should get their name in early as I anticipate huge demand 
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Then I’ll leave my name here holding a place
Is that the date you’re also going to announce your secret IPv4 black market trading site, Tref? Get those PA requests in now!
So, does that mean the Timico is fully IPv6 enabled and providing IPv6 addresses to their customers by default?
/me hides
on the way james but not yet by default.
Cisco has a helpful “Power of Six” video that explains the overall business advantages of moving to IPv6 – here’s the link http://bit.ly/IPv4-to-IPv6
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