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fenrisulf

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Vote for IPv6 in Youtube
« on: January 14, 2010, 03:16:47 PM »
Google is soliciting ideas for improving YouTube, why not vote for IPv6 support?  Imagine how much v6 content traffic that could generate!

http://productideas.appspot.com/#9/e=3d60a&t=ipv6 (authorative from google's nameservers so it seems legit)

I hope the thought of supporting YouTube traffic doesn't scare HE and other tunnel providers too much ;)
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jimb

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Re: Vote for IPv6 in Youtube
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2010, 04:39:57 PM »
According to some Google people on the NANOG list, they're slowly but surely working on bringing IPv6 to google.  So it's something that's going to happen regardless.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2010, 10:31:30 PM by jimb »
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broquea

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Re: Vote for IPv6 in Youtube
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2010, 04:45:56 PM »
static images for youtube are already served over ipv6. its the streaming/caching stuff that needs to get finalized before moving over (my personal guesstimate based on hostname lookups, etc.)
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NewtonNet

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Re: Vote for IPv6 in Youtube
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2010, 11:21:13 PM »
The video streaming is v6-enabled too for 'viewers' on networks signed up to the Google-over-IPv6 programme. This looks like a recent change, and I'm sure one that will spin the v6 traffic stats up a bit!  :)

Mathew
« Last Edit: January 28, 2010, 11:22:49 PM by NewtonNet »
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jimb

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Re: Vote for IPv6 in Youtube
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2010, 03:15:07 PM »
Yeah.  The streaming of video over IPv6 just started a few days ago.  EDIT: Or maybe it was just yesterday?
« Last Edit: January 29, 2010, 03:23:28 PM by jimb »
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