"It's the end of the world as we know it" -- REM

[owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)]

> Bing supports IPv6: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/

Noted.

> The site www.xbox.com supports IPv6 (ditto), but the Xbox device does not.

Noted.

> My favorite place to see what content supports IPv6 is Eric Vyncke's site:
> http://www.vyncke.org/ipv6status/detailed.php?country=us

An excellent resource.

> Thus, Microsoft points off for live.com, msn.com,
> microsoft.com, etc.
> 
> Similarly, partial credit to Amazon for ELB on AWS [1], but points off for
> amazon.com, ebay.com, and for pity's sake, aws.amazon.com and
> amazonaws.com.
> 
> 
> [1] 
> http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2011/05/24/elb-ipv6-zoneapex-secu
> ritygroups/
> 

> But to see the rest, you have come to NANOG58 in New Orleans!

Thanks for providing those links, Lee. Definitely worth watching.

>> Actually, if Amazon.com lit up IPv6, it would dramatically change the
>> IPv6-only
>> client landscape. I believe they are the single largest IPv4-only content
>> provider
>> remaining. IIRC from Lee's statistics, Amazon + any 2 other members of the
>> Alexa 100 would make it possible for 70% or more of web traffic to go over
>> IPv6.
> 
> Not mine; Alain Fiocco's numbers  at http://6lab.cisco.com/stats/
> It's not quite that positive, either, but you can see in the Information
> page of that site that there's a very sharp bend in which sites get the
> most hits.  The top 15-20 are disproportionate; after that, in many cases
> substitute web sites are available.

Thanks? Thanks for the reference as well.

>> I've been doing just that. Interestingly, I got a great deal of criticism
>> for doing
>> so recently.
> 
> Where do you name and shame suits?  Hint: it isn't NANOG.

In the case to which I refer, it was Facebook.

> Lee, who has been known to wear a suit

And who I occasionally attempt to shame for the slow pace of IPv6 deployment at TW Cable. ;-)

Owen