According to a European Commission, only a small number of companies are ready to transition from the current Internet Protocol IPv4 to more advanced IPv6.

Experts warn that over the next two years we can done with new IP addresses, if more companies did not move to IPv6.

Let us recall that according to European directives, any end customer of Internet service providers should be able to identify its own IP address. And in the next few years will hardly be a user or device not use the Internet.


Only 20 years the Internet has grown from a small military computer network (ARPANET) in the most powerful media and communications environment for entertainment, business, commerce, etc.

IPv4 existed since 1981 and is the basis for today's Internet business.
The IP address of this protocol consists of 4 bytes and is usually presented in the form of 4 numbers separated by dots. Thus can be obtained about 4.3 billion addresses. Ipv6 is the capacity of (3,4 x 10) ^ 38 addresses.

In the study of the European Commission says that of 610 government, educational and other organizations surveyed across Europe, Middle East and Asia, only 17% have already switched to Ipv6.

EC experts warn that rapid deployment of IPv6 is vital for economic growth and stability of the Internet.

The transition to IPv6 is simple enough, but requires companies and Internet providers substantial investment. For this reason, many providers do not rush to pass the new protocol.

However, they soon likely will not have another choice - it is estimated that free Web addresses will run out next year.

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