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                   IPv6 in 2020   
                   By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555   
      
      
   Another year has passed. When we compare the statistics as published   
   by the end of 2019 with those of today, we see that IPv6 in Fidonet   
   has grown again. From 86 to 93 nodes.   
      
      
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       2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021   
      
      
      
   When we look at the past decade we see that IPv6 in Fidonet grew   
   from zero to almost a hundred . Nearly 10% of the listed Fido nodes.   
   The growth went from exponential in the first five years to almost   
   lineair since 2015. Until the end of 2015, the number almost doubled   
   every year. In 2016 we had a mere net increase of 12 nodes. I say   
   "net" because in 2016, not only did we see new IPv6 nodes, we also   
   saw nodes disappear from the list. Some stopped supporting IPv6, some   
   left Fidonet altogether. This trend continued in 2017-2020. A net   
   increase of 13 nodes in 2017, 14 in 2018, 8 in 2019 and 7 in 2020.   
      
   Statistics on small numbers is always tricky, but we can not deny   
   the impression that sinds two years the rate of net increase appears   
   to be dropping. Had the lineair growth that started in 2015   
   continued, we would have reached 100 last year. As it is it will take   
   another year and if the rate of increase drops further it may take   
   even longer. Or forever...   
      
   Other than that, 2020 was not all that eventfull regarding IPv6. Not   
   for Fidonet en not for the Internet in general. We saw steady growth   
   but we can't say that IPv6 is the dominant protocol yet.   
      
   In order not to have to tell the same story over and over again, I   
   sometimes refer people to Fidonews articles I wrote in the past.   
   Since there seems to be no easely available searcheable archive, I   
   made a list of these articles. I hope I did not miss any.   
      
   My previous Fidonews articles about IPv6:   
      
      
   FN 26:31 Jul 2009   FidoNet and IPv6   
   FN 28:04 Jan 2011   FidoNet and IPv4 depletion   
   FN 28:07 Feb 2011   Fido and IPv6 Day   
   FN 28:16 Apr 2011   APNIC runs out   
   FN 28:20 May 2011   The IPv6 echo   
   FN 28:31 Aug 2011   A SECOND LIFE FOR THE LINKSYS  Part 1   
   FN 28:32 Aug 2011   A SECOND LIFE FOR THE LINKSYS PArt 2   
   FN 28:45 Nov 2011   A "first"   
   FN 29:04 Jan 2012   World IPv6 Launch Day, 6 June 2012   
   FN 29:09 Feb 2012   A SECOND LIFE FOR THE LINKSYS Part 3   
   FN 29:38 Sep 2012   RIPE is out of IPv4 addresses.   
   FN 32:17 Apr 2015   IPv6 penetration in the nodelist   
   FN 32:26 Jun 2015   ARIN is out of IPv4 addresses.   
   FN 3:252 Dec 2015   IPv6 in Fidonet by the end of 2015   
   FN 33:02 Jan 2016   IPv6 in two thousand SIX teen   
   FN 33:06 Feb 2016   Another barrier broken.   
   FN 34:01 Jan 2017   IPv6 in 2016   
   FN 34:13 Mar 2017   SixXs Sunset 06-06-2017   
   FN 34:30 Jul 2017   TV without IPv6   
   FN 34:31 Jul 2017   DS-Lite emulation experiment v2.0   
   FN 34:37 Sep 2017   DS-Lite emulation experiment 2.0, the results   
   FN 34:33 Aug 2017   DS-Lite: a solution   
   FN 34:38 Sep 2017   DS-Lite Emulation experiment v2.1   
   FN 35:01 Jan 2018   IPv6 in 2017   
   FN 35:53 Dec 2018   IPv6 in 2018   
   FN 36:52 Dec 2019   IPv6 in 2019   
   FN 38:01 Jan 2021   IPv6 in 2020   
      
      
   Happy IPv6 in 2021.   
      
      
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