Africa: WWW to Shut Down As Internet Migrate to IPV6

8 June 2011

There is a possibility of Internet breakdown today as the world celebrate the World IPv6 Day. This could happen due to technicalities that follow the cross over from IPv4 address platform, which runs out this year, to a broader internet address platform, IPv6.

The World IPv6 Day, initiated by the Internet Society, ISOC, is a 24-hour trial period or Test Flight, where a number of major web sites will provide their content on both IPv4 and IPv6.

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