IPv6 Has Become Essential
October 27, 2022
When preparing the panel on IPv6: Past, Present and Future, in addition to the opinion of experts, we decided to add the point of view of our audience, both of those who were present on site as well as those participating remotely. With this in mind, we generated a dynamic word cloud which allowed us to take the temperature of what the public thinks about the protocol.
These were the results.
Essential. This word was the most prominent among those who joined us for the panel. As noted by Uesley Correa, the tutor of the IPv6 courses offered through the LACNIC Campus, IPv6 is essential because there is no other way forward. If we think about it, there is no other option: we must move faster as the quality of the Internet depends on the mass adoption of IPv6. Today, it is impossible to imagine living without it.
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Likewise, some highlighted the concept of innovation. One of the most important things that the Internet has given us with respect to other communication networks is the ability to innovate and provide new services on the network without having to ask for anyone’s permission.
In turn, panel member Douglas Fisher was happy that in the end IoT was also highlighted, as in his words, IPv6 is here to bring back the reality of the point-to-point Internet.
Inexhaustible and challenging were two other adjectives associated with IPv6 that also stood out in the word cloud built with the contributions of more than 400 participants. And viable, as statistics show that one in three people are already using the protocol. There is no going back.
The views expressed by the authors of this blog are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of LACNIC.