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Videotron customers can now use both IPv4 and IPv6

MONTREAL - Videotron has begun implementing the IPv6 Internet Protocol, becoming the first major Internet service provider in Canada to offer all of its customers IPv6 access.The company said Wednesday that a Beta version of IPv6 is available to residential customers who want it and who have the compatible Wi-Fi router, and that the new standard will eventually become “an integral part” of its cable Internet access service.“The roll-out of the Beta version of IPv6 will give early adopters a chance to get in on the ground floor,” said Pierre Roy, VP of engineering, research and development, in the announcement....