Fibertech makes its network IPv6 preparation

Currently providing IPv6 address space to select customers on a trial basis, the service provider's network can operate both IPv4 and IPv6 mode.

Making the IPv6 capabilities live came after a year of designing, testing, and implementation. Earl Ipsaro, Vice President of Engineering for Fibertech, said that the service provider's engineering team was able to "complete it successfully without negative impact to the existing Internet IPV4 customers, but they did it earlier than we projected."

As a participant in the 2011 World IPv6 Day, where it operated its website in both IPv4 and IPv6 mode, the Fibertech IPv6 website drew 7,500 hits with visits from users around in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Brazil.

The service provider plans to participate in the upcoming World IPv6 Launch on June 6, 2012 with its website available on the IPv6 platform.