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IPv6 Adoption Critical for the Preservation and Growth of the Internet

May 8, 2013 Staff Writer

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The number of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses is declining rapidly and will soon leave businesses and individuals worldwide who have not yet adopted the new IPv6 protocol with limited options for connecting new devices to the global Internet. To help ensure this does not happen, the Internet Society Colorado Chapter and the Rocky Mountain Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Task Force (RMv6TF) have joined forces to advance deployment of IPv6. On April 17, 2013, the Internet Society-organized INET Denver will co-locate with the 2013 North American…

Global Internet Connection Speeds: America lags far behind leaders

January 31, 2013 Staff Writer

If ‘Internet connection speed’ was an Olympic event, the USA wouldn’t even get a medal. In fact, America would finish somewhere between 9th and 24th, depending on the exact event – I mean comparison. This assessment comes from a recent Akamai report on “The State of the Internet.” According to this CNN article, which commented on the report, Hong Kong takes Internet speed title: source