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If you’ve been actively involved in the Internet industry or IT for a while you’ll be more than aware that today is World IPv6 Day. IPv6 is the latest version of something called the ‘Internet Protocol’, the vast majority of the Internet relies on the current version (IPv4, which IPv6 succeeds) to actually operate. No Internet Protocol, no Internet as we know it. An upgrade from one version of the protocol is a huge, huge deal. Every networked device you have will in all likelihood have an IP address – your phone, your Play Station, your laptop, desktop, router, your Xbox – heck even your Internet ready fridge or car requires an IP address. The problem is that the v4 of the Internet Protocol is basically at capacity – there are no more addresses available, the last batch of the 4.3 Billion IP addresses v4 can support was handed out back in February this year.

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Your Internet providers are actively trying to implement ways to make you pay to use to Facebook, Skype, Youtube and anything else they can think of.  How about an extra 50 cents per month for access to YouTube, what about 2 cents for every megabyte of Facebook usage (that’s major dollars every month for some of you)?  A battle to divide the Internet up and charge you more for access to it is being fought right now, and none of these guys want you to realize this until it’s far too late.

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