Cable Show 2011: So far, so smooth for cable ISPs' IPv6 testing

By Alan Breznick

CHICAGO — Top cable operators, programmers, tech vendors and consumer electronics retailers are expressing great satisfaction and relief after last week’s global test of the Internet's next-generation protocol, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), went off with surprisingly few hitches.Speaking here on a special Cable Show forum on IPv6, cable and CE executives said World IPv6 Day caused few user problems during a 24-hour period that spanned June 7 and 8 in North America. They also reported that IPv6 traffic surged on the world’s networks that day and, while still at relatively low levels, has continued to remain well above its...