National broadband company, Internode is the first Australian broadband provider to make Internode Protocol version 6 service available by default for all its new customers.

Although the impending depletion of IPv4 addresses has been recognised for years, the deployment of IPv6, its mature replacement protocol, has been limited.

Internode began Australia’s first public IPv6 trial in November 2009 and has progressively deployed IPv6 throughout its operations.

Since 10 January Internode has enabled dual stack support – allowing the concurrent operation of IPv4/IPv6 Internet protocols – for all new broadband services.

Existing Internode customers can enable IPv6 at any time by visiting ‘My Internode’ on the Internode website and switching it on. Customers then only need an IPv6 capable router. Every Billion and the AVM FRITZ!Box broadband router sold by Internode is IPv6-ready.

Internode MD, Simon Hackett says the ISP has attracted international attention for its innovative approach to IPv6 deployment and experience demonstrated that IPv6 was ready for prime time.

“We’re at the stage in IPv6 deployment where it’s time for major Internet Service Providers to make it a transparent part of their customers’ experience,” he says.

“Our experience shows us that IPv6 is now fully capable of providing seamless, uninterrupted and efficient access to the Internet, dual-stacked with IPv4.”

Any Internode fixed line broadband customer can turn IPv6 on via a customer-controlled toolbox setting and then enable IPv6 in their router to start using it “end to end”.

Customers with access to the IPv6 Internet should see a spinning Internode logo on the company’s website at http://www.internode.on.net/
 

Updated 20 Jan 2012