Posted by Pieter Ennes on November 18th, 2009
Today, we received the final results from the second IPv6 questionnaire we sent out to our hosting partners.
While the results of the first poll, which was held back in 2007, revealed a total lack of interest in IPv6 at the time, the new results (two years later) show something different.
To summarize, almost 40% of our current partners offer native IPv6 already, or expect to be able to do so within the next six months. The table below shows a breakdown for different regions in the world:
| Region | # hosters | IPv6 penetration |
|---|---|---|
| North-America | 7 | 14% |
| Europe | 18 | 50% |
| Asia & Australia | 7 | 43% |
| Rest of world | 2 | 0% |
| Total | 34 | 38% |
Even though our statistics are coarse, the results seem to indicate a lack of interest in the North-American area. But they also show that in both Europe as well as in Asia and Australia, penetration is much better. Almost 50% of the parties in Europe can feed us with native IPv6 down the wire within six months. Go go go!
Are you a hosting provider offering quality IPv6-enabled hosting services in an area that is not currently covered by our network? Please do send us a note!
UPDATE: We’re very pleased to hear that WatchMouse were selected as one of the finalists for the Dutch IPv6 awards today!