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Who needs IPv6…in the Pacific?

PITA 20th AGM & Annual Telecommunications Conference

April 2016

Paul WilsonDirector General

Coming up…

• IPv6 growth update• IPv6 in the Pacific• IPv6 drivers: access and content• Status of Pacific nations

Global IPv6 users (Google)

11% in April 2016

Global IPv6 capability (APNIC)

5.5% in April 2016

National* IPv6 capability

US29%

PE19% AU

3%

GR24%

BE51%

JP15%

* average

Major ISPs – Examples

CC ASN AS Name Capable

BE AS6848 TELENET-AS Telenet N.V. 70.73%

BE AS12392 ASBRUTELE Brutele SC 70.59%

US AS7922 COMCAST-7922 - Comcast Cable 60.01%

US AS7018 ATT-INTERNET4 - ATT Services, Inc. 78.04%

US AS22394 CELLCO - Verizon Wireless 89.88%

US AS21928 T-MOBILE-AS21928 - T-Mobile USA, Inc. 45.36%

US AS701 UUNET – MCI Inc. dba Verizon Business 0.20%

AU AS1221 ASN-TELSTRA Telstra Pty Ltd 8.52%

Internet challenges in the Pacific

• Geography and distance

• High bandwidth costs

• Low penetration

• Lack of competition

• Critical mass

• Human capacity building

• What about IPv6?

Why are we waiting…?

Some frequent answers…

• We have more IPv4 addresses than we need

• We have more IPv4 addresses than people!

• Our content is offshore, in the cloud, etc.

• IPv4 works well enough

• OK, but things are changing…

IPv4 addresses per person

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0.5

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Drivers: Network Access

• Without IPv6 (IPv4 only)– New deployments must use NAT (eg mobile)– Carrier Grade NAT is expensive– Increasing costs: x users x bandwidth

• With IPv6 (dual stack)– Addresses for every device– Offload traffic from NATs– Competitive advantage– IPv4 is eventually irrelevant, no more NAT– LTE can use IPv6 immediately– Also: “Internet of Things”

Drivers: Content and Services

• Without IPv6 (IPv4 only)– Degrading customer/client experience– Mobile users at particular disadvantage (all NAT)

• With IPv6 (dual stack)– Direct connection to all customers– Best performance for all– Better user experience, competitive advantage (esp mobile)

• Offshore / hosted / cloud– Same situation applies

• Onshore– Beware tunneled IPv6 connectivity (over IPv4)

IPv6 addresses per person (/64)

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Australia (.AU)24,244,056 people21,068,084 users

87% penetration1,941 ASes

IPv448,613,120 addresses

2.01 per head87% visible1197 ASes

IPv63.44% capability

37,735,639 M addresses1,556,490 per head

47% visible249 ASes

New Zealand (.NZ)4,558,155 people3,947,362 users

87% penetration520 ASes

IPv46,849,536 addresses

1.50 per head78% visible322 ASes

IPv62.72% capability

854,704 M addresses187,511 per head

21% visible108 ASes

Vanuatu (.VU)269,354 people

30,437 users11% penetration

10 ASes

IPv415,616 addresses

0.06 per head95% visible

5 ASes

IPv60.06% capability8,590 M addresses

31,891 per head1% visible

2 ASes

Guam (.GU)171,670 people112,272 users

65% penetration8 ASes

IPv4218,624 addresses

1.27 per head98% visible

5 ASes

IPv60.03% capability25,769 M addresses

150,112 per head17% visible

1 AS

New Caledonia (.NC)265,796 people175,425 users

66% penetration10 ASes

IPv4160,768 addresses

0.60 per head97% visible

9 ASes

IPv60.02% capability34,359 M addresses

129,271 per head25% visible

7 ASes

French Polynesia (.PF)285,165 people161,973 users

57% penetration4 ASes

IPv461,952 addresses

0.22 per head98% visible

3 ASes

IPv60.01% capability17,179 M addresses60,245 per head

0% visible2 ASes

Papua New Guinea (.PG)7,746,045 people

503,492 users6% penetration11 ASes

IPv456,576 addresses

0.01 per head90% visible

8 ASes

IPv60.01% capability30,064 M addresses3,881 per head

0% visible1 AS

Fiji (.FJ)896,503 people332,602 users

37% penetration7 ASes

IPv4141,568 addresses

0.16 per head100% visible

6 ASes

IPv60.00% capability30,064 M addresses33,535 per head

29% visible5 ASes

Fiji (.FJ) 2015

APNIC Development ProgrammeCapacity Building

• Face-to-face workshops

• Virtual Lab

• eLearning

• Fellowships

Technical Assistance

• IPv6 Deployment Planning

• IXP Operation and Support

• Routing Architecture

• CERT startup and operation

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You’re Invited!

Coming events in the Pacific

25-27 April – IPv6 Workshop – Nouméa, NC 28-29 April – Intro to MPLS – Nouméa, NC 16-18 May – IPv6 Workshop – Port Vila, VU 4-8 July – PACNOG 19 – Port Moresby, PG

Plus: APNIC eLearning every Wednesday

https://training.apnic.net/

https://conference.apnic.net

Thank you, and…dg@apnic.net

Happy Birthday

PITA !