IPv6 service for the world's first customer

NTT Japanese carrier is deploying IPv6 connection service, a new version of the basic IP protocol used on the Internet, for $ 2.5 / month.

Compared to IPv4, the actual standard in the world today, IPv6 brings certain advantages such as large capacity, allowing all electronic devices to register for long-term addresses. Quality of service and security has also been significantly improved.

To use, customers must install a separate access program. The software will maintain and connect IPv6 via IPv4 to a linked server. Windows Vista, the operating system launched next year by Microsoft, will also support this new generation protocol.

NTT will provide two sets of IPv6 addresses: a fixed set of operations, allowing long-term address registration for a central server so that it can be accessed from anywhere on the network, and the other set is temporary address.

Sony's LocationFree TV is a device that connects to a TV antenna, a video recorder to be able to transmit the program to users outside a home via the Internet. However, the system must be maintained through Sony servers to locate, but if converted to IPv6, its address on the Internet will never be changed.

Users will still need to equip a central computer to connect devices with IPv6 because most products do not yet support that protocol. However, the machines and routers coming out soon will change that. An integrated IPv6 device already in Japan is Matsushita (Panasonic) network camera.

More information about NTT's IPv6 service is available at http://ipv6style.jp.