YouTube Tops Google's IPv6 Agenda

YouTube trails Netflix/Limelight Networks which have already demoed IPv6 support

Google's IPv6 development team has built support for next-generation Internet standards into the Chrome operating system and the Android platform for mobile devices. Now the team has set its sights on YouTube, which is its top priority.

Google has a dedicated team of engineers who are spending 100% of their time upgrading the company's applications to support IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Google's IPv6 team leaders Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline were honored this month by the Internet Society for their outstanding contributions to the development of IPv6.

That said, Google is still under the gun to support IPv6 in YouTube because other video streaming sites -- Limelight Networks and Netflix--have already demonstrated IPv6 with partner Comcast.

Click the photo below to launch a video which includes the Netflix IPv6 demonstration.
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Alternatively, download the presenstations from about this IPv6 demonstration.

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