Internet infrastructure is about to suffer a major upgrade. On June 6, 2012, Internet Protocol version 4 will begin to be abandoned in favor of IPv6.
A large number of telecom companies, equipment manufacturers of networking and the Web companies have chosen on June 6, 2012 to implement IPv6, according to Slashdot.
The current version of Internet Protocol allows conectatarea to approximately 4.3 billion network of stations, number rapidly approaching the upper limit.
IPv6 will "extend" the Internet, but on June 6 is just the first step. Telecom operators have pledged 1% of home users begin to access the sites compatible at this time, their number will rise more quickly. Google, Facebook and Bing are among the companies that support the rapid upgrade of Internet infrastructure.
The transition to IPv6 has been tested for many companies in one day on June 8, 2011, but most returned to IPv4. This time, the transition will be irreversible.
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