Internet Service Provider Internode has been awarded the prestigious ANZIA accolade for its launch of the country’s first commercially supported IPv6 services in Australia.

 

Internode has been offering the service since August last year, and extended its commitment to the new protocol after it became the first ISP to offer IPv6 as the default protocol for all new customers.

 

Internode founder Simon Hackett, who oversaw the company's adoption of IPv6, urged others to make the move to IPv6. "IPv6 is now ready for prime time," said Mr. Hackett. "The most important lesson from Internode's experience is that done right, customers will not even notice the change to IPv6."

 

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are the numerical sequences used to identify every device connected to the Internet. Although the impending depletion of IPv4 addresses has been recognised for years, the deployment of its mature replacement protocol, IPv6, has been limited until this year.