Despite Benefits, U.S. Not Hot on Next-Gen Internet

RESTON, Va. — While countries in Europe and Asia have begun transitioning to IPv6 — the faster, more secure next-generation Internet — Internet service providers apparently don’t see much value in making the switch.

A study by Juniper networks of 350 IT managers from the private and public sectors revealed that technology professionals are reluctant to upgrade for a variety of reasons, including manpower challenges and budget issues.

But the number one reason cited — that there’s no compelling reason to change to IPv6 — shows that many IT pros simply don’t understand IPv6.

IPv6 features better connectivity, tighter security, easier network management and nearly ten times as many available addresses.

Among the potential benefits for adult webmasters is faster downloads with sharper image quality.

At an IPv6 summit being held this week, an executive from Visual Link Internet showed attendees a side-by-side comparison of streaming video on IPv4, the present-day Internet, and IPv6. While the IPv4 image was fuzzy, the IPv6 video closely approximated a television-quality picture.

Any switch to IPv6 would not be immediate but instead would involve a phasing-in period of up to 20 years, during which it would run parallel with the current Internet to work out kinks.

But Alex Lightman, chairman of the IPv6 summit, said lack of demand on the part of webmasters and IT managers makes it unlikely that service providers will feel obliged to adopt IPv6 any time soon, especially because doing so would involve costly equipment upgrades.

But Lightman added that each year the United States hesitates, it loses ground to other countries. Internet services in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong currently have speeds up to 10 tens faster than those typical in the United States.

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