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<p class=MsoPlainText>GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and RESTON, VIRGINIA, USA - 1 June
2011 - Hundreds of websites and Internet service providers around the world are
joining Facebook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), Akamai (NASDAQ:
AKAM), Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW) as participants in World IPv6 Day for the
first global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6, being organized by
the Internet Society.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>During World IPv6 Day on 8 June 2011, more than 225
participating organizations from every part of the globe will enable IPv6 on
their main services for 24 hours. With IPv4 addresses running out this year,
the industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk
increased costs and limited functionality online for Internet users everywhere.
World IPv6 Day participants are coming together to help motivate organizations
across the industry--Internet service providers, hardware manufacturers,
operating system vendors and other web companies--to prepare their services for
the transition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>"The building interest in and amazing response to
World IPv6 Day around the world is extremely encouraging, and highlights the
growing momentum behind deploying IPv6," said Leslie Daigle, Chief
Internet Technology Officer for the Internet Society. "We see this test
flight as an important step towards ensuring the global Internet can continue
to grow and evolve so that it can connect billions of new users and
devices."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Facebook has long been preparing for World IPv6 Day and
will be monitoring all aspects of its infrastructure. "We need to find
solutions as an industry to accelerate global adoption of IPv6," said Jay
Parikh, director of engineering at Facebook. "Participating in World IPv6
Day enables us to gain valuable insights about potential IPv6 issues and how we
as an industry can address them. We're working together with our peers to keep
the Internet open and make sure all computers and devices stay connected."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>"Akamai is committed to helping our customers and
network partners with a smooth transition to IPv6," said Harald Prokop,
senior vice president of Engineering at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
"Over 30 of our customers from around the globe have opted in to our IPv6
technology preview, and will be participating in World IPv6 Day. Akamai's goal
is to help enable content providers to deliver an exceptional end-user
experience over IPv6 without requiring disruptive changes to their origin
networking infrastructure. We applaud the awareness that the Internet Society
has created around this 'test flight.'" On World IPv6 Day, Akamai will
provide a real-time view of IPv6 traffic served via its global platform at <a
href="http://www.akamai.com/ipv6">www.akamai.com/ipv6</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Erik Kline, IPv6 Software Engineer at Google said,
"We've been working to make Google services publicly accessible over IPv6
since 2008, because we believe it's critical to the long-term prosperity of the
open Internet. We are happy to be joining hundreds of participants around the
world for this important transition, and to share in the enthusiasm to help
IPv6 succeed." <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>"Enabling IPv6 is like moving from a 10-digit phone
number to a 38-digit phone number," said Adam Bechtel, VP of
Infrastructure Engineering at Yahoo!. "Some computers will have
trouble dialing the new 38-digit numbers. World IPv6 Day will shed light on how
these misdials occur."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Tom Coffeen, Director of Global Network Architecture for
Limelight Networks said, "On World IPv6 Day, Limelight and our customers
will present a snapshot of the Internet of the future: end-to-end delivery of
rich media and web applications streamed over IPv6 to a multitude of devices,
with user experiences as brilliant as--or better than--today's IPv4 services.
More than just a beta solution, Limelight's IPv6 services are available today
from any and all of our PoPs around the world, and so we are pleased to work
with the Internet Society to take an active role in this important 'test
flight' of the Internet of tomorrow."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>One of the goals of World IPv6 Day is to expose potential
issues under controlled conditions and address them as soon as possible. Given
the diversity of technology that powers the Internet, the global nature of the
trial is crucial to identify unforeseen problems. The vast majority of users
should be able to access services as usual, but in rare cases, misconfigured or
misbehaving network equipment, particularly in home networks, may impair access
to participating websites during the trial. Current estimates are that 99.95%
of users will experience no problems connecting to web services on IPv6 Day,
and participating organizations will be working together with operating system
manufacturers, home router vendors and ISPs to minimize the number of users
affected.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Internet Society is supporting World IPv6 Day as part
of its efforts to accelerate IPv6 deployment. IPv6, the successor to the
protocol currently used on the Internet, was designed in the late 1990s but has
not seen deployment on a global scale. With IPv4 address space running out, the
industry cannot afford to wait much longer. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>For more information about World IPv6 Day, a complete
list of participants, information about how to get involved, links to useful
information for users, and a real-time dashboard, visit:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.worldipv6day.org">http://www.worldipv6day.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>About the need for IPv6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>IPv4 has approximately four billion IP addresses (the
sequence of numbers assigned to each Internet-connected device). The explosion
in the number of people, devices and web services on the Internet means that
IPv4 is running out of space. IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol,
which provides over four billion times more space, will connect the billions of
people not connected today and will help ensure the Internet can continue its current
growth rate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>About the Internet Society<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Internet Society is the world's trusted independent
source of leadership for Internet policy, technology standards and future
development. Based on its principled vision and substantial technological foundation,
the Internet Society works with its members and Chapters around the world to
promote the continued evolution and growth of the open Internet through dialog
among companies, governments, and other organizations around the world. See <a
href="http://www.internetsociety.org">www.internetsociety.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>For Reference:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Internet Society<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Greg Wood<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:wood@isoc.org">wood@isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Akamai<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Young, Jeffrey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:jyoung@akamai.com">jyoung@akamai.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Facebook<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Nisha Gulati<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:ngulati@fb.com">ngulati@fb.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Google<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Jake Hubert<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:jakehubert@google.com">jakehubert@google.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Limelight Networks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Leah Gladu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:lgladu@llnw.com">lgladu@llnw.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Yahoo!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Christina Scharrenberg<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:cscharr@yahoo-inc.com">cscharr@yahoo-inc.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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