IP Convergence: Beyond VoIP, Beyond Cost Savings

ICANN released an informative announcement  on IPv6 last week.

The paper is well written for both technical and non-technical audiences.  I did post a response at ICANN’s blog site  providing some insight as to how Global Crossing is working to address them.

Global Crossing provides IPv6 support today:

• As the first—and only—provider to support IPv6 natively on a global scale, Global Crossing is uniquely qualified to enable a transition to IPv6
• Dual-stack edge routers enables v4/v6 on the same port at no additional cost
• IPv6 addresses provided
• IPv6 DNS delegation
• IPv6 caching servers

 Global Crossing is one  of only nine Tier 1 ISPs worldwide*: (* As of October  29^th , 2007 )

• AOL Transit Data Network
• AT&T
• Global Crossing
• Level 3
• Verizon Business
• NTT Communications
• Qwest
• SAVVIS
• Sprint Nextel Corporation

 Global Crossing owns and operates our their  global IP network:

• One seamless global IP network (AS#3549) with end-to-end control covering 100,000+ Miles/160,000+ Kilometers

The ICANN fact sheet  identifies a couple of additional issues and concerns:

What are the issues with IPv6 rollout?

IPv6 is already available in some desktop and server operating systems. However, the vast majority of Internet content and services are only provided over IPv4, which is a problem as IPv4 and IPv6 are not interoperable. That means a desktop computer that only has an IPv6 address cannot access a website that only has IPv4 connectivity without passing through a NAT-PT device or some other form of protocol translation system or application gateway.

Another key issue in IPv6 deployment is that the vast majority of networks were built for IPv4. Enabling IPv6 on those networks involves making sure that provisioning, management, monitoring, auditing, billing and firewalls all work with IPv6.

Both of the issues will affect IPv6 adoption unless the IP Carrier can offer a platform that mitigates the risks and costs of adoption.  Global Crossing’ Dual Stack offer provides the needed mitigation of both adoption issues.

 

Is it IPv6 or nothing?

The answer is No,  customer's can  utilize a Carrier that can provide IPv6 IPv4 dual stack Globally!

Check it out!