1 August 2008: IPv6 Now!

NEWS RELEASE FROM IPv6 NOW PTY LTD

At long last IPv6 is moving ahead in Australia. IPv6Now has opened Australia's first commercial tunnel broker. Businesses and individuals can now connect to the IPv6 Internet without changing their existing Internet connection.

"What's new about IPv6Now's offering is that it is covered by a service level agreement" said Tony Hill, IPv6Now's Managing Director. "It includes support, static addresses are available, and access is faster because the broker is in Australia."

While some access has been possible in Australia before, it has been "best effort". Overseas brokers have been available, but few provide any guarantees and support is minimal. Crucially, most do not offer static IPv6 addresses, which are vital for business use.

"We'd love to see others following our lead in making access to IPv6 easier", said Tony Hill, IPv6Now's Managing Director. "Businesses need to start thinking about IPv6, and the more options they have for getting acquainted with it, the better."

IPv6Now offers a stable IPv6 Web hosting service on dual-stack servers. "You can make sure you are visible and accessible", said Hill. "That's going to become more and more important as time goes on, as many of our major trading partners are moving strongly into IPv6." Making their content available via IPv6 will be the first step for most businesses.

The tunnel broker is perhaps IPv6Now's most visible product, but Hill sees the company's main role as a strategic adviser to business. "IPv6 is a lot more than just a way out of the address crunch", said Hill. "It's a huge opportunity for innovation. Businesses should be grabbing it with both hands."

For more information on IPv6Now, see: www.ipv6now.com.au

Contact details:
IPv6 Now Pty Ltd (ACN 126 460 955)
PO Box 152
Civic Square ACT 2608
Email: info@ipv6now.com.au
Web: www.ipv6now.com.au
Phone: +61-2-61616607

Background to IPv6:
IPv6 is the next generation Internet protocol. It will eventually replace IPv4, which the Internet currently runs on, though there will be a period where both are in use. IPv4 addresses are expected to run out in about 2011. IPv6 uses a 128-bit address, meaning that it can provide an extraordinarily large number of addresses. See www.ipv6.org.au (which incidentally was the first IPv6-accessible website in Australia and is now hosted on an IPv6Now dual-stack server).

Background to IPv6Now:
IPv6 Now Pty Ltd supplies commercial services to business and government, covering all aspects of IPv6, including strategic advice, technical training, network design and testing, and dual-stack hosting for websites, domain names and email. IPv6Now also provides access with guaranteed service levels to the IPv6 Internet, via Australia's first commercial tunnel broker. The company's main offices are in Canberra and Sydney, with offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, South Coast NSW and regional Victoria.