IPv6 Commercial Deployment UK IPv6 Task Force Event London 16 th Jan 03

1. IPv6 Commercial DeploymentUK IPv6 Task Force EventLondon 16th Jan 03 peter.hovell@bt.com

2. Agenda • Internet/ISP Trends • ISP - IPv4 or IPv6 • technical & business drivers • BTexact stimulating the environment • What you can do • Summary © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

3. Worldwide Internet/ISP Trends www.nua.com 580M people on line predict 1B by 2005 • Always On • Number of devices • Number of addresses • Need for globally routable addresses • Security • Mobility • End user Cost • Operating Cost To stop the Internet fragmenting and to ensure transparency IPv6 is needed © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

4. UK Internet/ISP Trends • UK Government e-Envoy initiative (www.e-envoy.gov.uk) • UK No. 1 for e-commerce • Internet access available to everyone (2005) • All government services available electronically (2005) • Access trends - ADSL, SDSL, VDSL, Satellite, FTTH, GigE, WLAN, 3G … • BT’s plans 5M broadband users by 2006 • Trends: Always On, more users, more devices, more addresses, more P2P applications – IPv6 © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

5. IPv4 NAT Address problems Service limitations Extra management IPsec limited Limited mobility support Vast installed base of kit and applications Many experienced engineers IPv6 Transparency Unlimited addresses Service opportunities OSS opportunities IPsec ubiquitous Mobile IPv6 universal Limited kit and applications Limited operational engineer acceptance ISP IPv4 or IPv6? - Technical © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

6. ISP IPv4 or IPv6? - Business IPv6 offers: “Internet transparency” “Addresses for mankind” “Equal opportunity to access data” These statements mean little for the majority of ISP’s where shareholder value is the only concern Does IPv6 increase shareholder value? Increase revenues? Reduce costs? © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

7. ISP IPv4 or IPv6? - Business • Increase revenues: • More “conventional” customers: probably not • But new customer categories ie automotive and increased health, government, military etc • 3G • More services: maybe • Voice substitution - VoIP • Innovative P2P applications – games … • New services for the new customer categories © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

8. ISP IPv4 or IPv6? - Business • Reduce costs • Equipment: no • maybe similar hardware (NAT, Interworking) • OSS: maybe • Auto config • Less address management issues • New OSS services as customer can be contacted • But need to support both IPv4 and IPv6 hence higher? © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

9. For New applications New customer categories Easier OSS Against Interworking costs Training Running IPv4 and IPv6 ISP IPv4 or IPv6? - Business In general business model less well developed than technical but we know IPv6 is coming and hence needs to be understood © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

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11. Market Stimulation • Consultancy - www.ipv6.btexact.com • Test & Measurements • Network Access – www.uk6x.com © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

12. What is the UK6x? • IPv6 Internet Exchange • First in the UK • Uses Commercial IPv6 Addresses • Located at the heart of the UK Internet – Telehouse • Open to all • Primary aims are: • to stimulate the IPv6 environment in the UK, Europe and the World • to further the understanding of IPv6 © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

13. DNS Layer 3 Functions RIPE: 2001:618::/32 RIPE Infrastructure: 2001:7F8:2::/48 Customers Customers ATM Customers Layer 2 Peering Ethernet WWW Email UK6x © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

14. Customers Customers Manual or via Tunnel Broker IPv4 Internet GPRS Customers Customers Customers Customers UK6x - Connectivity Services: MP3, Video, Quake, Mobile IP HA, Debian mirror … LG etc for maintenance © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

15. UK6x: Public Members List (draft) • Asnet • T-Systems • Business Internet Trends • XS4All • AoL • Chello • JENS • Transmedia • Hurricane Electric • Ignite Germany • Japan Telecom • GRnet • LINX • Vodaphone PT • GATEL • C&W Germany • UK6x • BII Group • Caladan Communications Ltd • KORNET • SpaceNet • Korea Telecom • Andrews & Arnold • Dataline Software • FCCN • RMnet • NDSoftware • BTexact Technologies • Kewlio.net Limited • Tiscali • UKERNA • France Telecom • Telianet • NTT • COMv6 • ipng.org.uk • Barclays • Dune • Lucent UK • TDOI.org • Lithuanian Open Source • Cyconet • Consulintel • UID-Zero • Ignite Spain • NJH • net-com.ds • Microlink • KOREN • T-net • Telefonica And 800+ Real TB Users © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

16. What can you do? • Understand what IPv6 means to you/your business both technically and commercially • Contribute to the debate: • IPv6 Forum – www.ipv6forum.com • EU IST IPv6 Cluster – www.ist-ipv6.org • EU IPv6 Task Force – www.ipv6tf.org • UK IPv6 Task Force – www.uk.ipv6tf.org • Join the UK6x and use IPv6 – www.uk6x.com © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

17. Summary • The Internet is growing and needs IPv6 • Technically decision is clear - commercially not so decisive (current economic environment) • BTexact and others stimulating the IPv6 environment IPv6 will touch most things in modern life and you need to understand the technical and commercialramifications © British Telecommunications plc, 2003

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