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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear African colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Internet Society is happy to be collaborating with
website owners to coordinate World IPv6 Day on 8 June of this year. We are
wondering whether you had considered bringing up your main website with IPv6 on
this day to join other websites who are doing this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>On 8 June, 2011, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and
Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organisations that will
offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour “test flight”. The goal
of the Test Flight Day is to motivate organizations across the industry –
Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web
companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful
transition as IPv4 addresses run out.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It is important to note that all of these websites, and many
others who have decided to do the same (there is a list here: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/participants/">http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/participants/</a>),
are doing this on their main website. That is, they are not just setting up a
special ipv6.companyname.org website, but their main website. All of these
sites understand that this will have some impact on some of their users that
day, but nonetheless this is an important step in the transition of IPv6 and
all of them are willing to do so. There is more info on the website<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(<a href="http://www.isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day">www.isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day</a>)
and especially of interest is the FAQ (<a
href="http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/faq/)">http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/faq/)</a>."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If your organization is an on-line content provider and
would like to participate in the World IPV6 Day by making available its content
over IPV6 on June 8, please contact me (<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org">bekele@isoc.org</a>)
by CCing my colleague Phil Roberts (<a href="mailto:roberts@isoc.org">roberts@isoc.org</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Manager - Africa
<<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org"><span
style='color:blue'>bekele@isoc.org</span></a>><br>
Tel: +251 911 22 13 33/+41 22 809
0363 <a
href="http://www.isoc.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.isoc.org</span></a><br>
Internet Society
(ISOC) "The
Internet is for everyone"<br>
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