diff --git a/content/u/blog/the-broken-internet/contents.lr b/content/u/blog/the-broken-internet/contents.lr index 47f44c0..4c6a0ae 100644 --- a/content/u/blog/the-broken-internet/contents.lr +++ b/content/u/blog/the-broken-internet/contents.lr @@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ abstract: --- body: -## TL;DR - -The Internet is broken and IPv6 can repair part of it. - ## The Internet is broken If you are working in IT or if you @@ -95,3 +91,32 @@ more complex, slower and also putting you further away from other participants of the Internet. ![](/u/image/ipv4natandcgnat.png) + + +## The new Internet + +Some of you already can guess where this article is going to and you +are right: IPv6. While there have been many articles written about +IPv6, I think it is important to remember that the old IPv4 does not +work like an **Internet** anymore. IPv6 with its huge amount of +addresses fixes this problem for many human lifes ahead. +**IPv6 restores direct connectivity**. + +If you think you don't need to care about IPv6 and you are fine with +the current status, think about it this way: the Internet usage is +growing. Without IPv6, the Internet is becoming slower every +day. Without IPv6 you get more depending on a small amount of big +companies. And this dependency is getting more and more difficult to +reverse in the future. + +## Switching to IPv6 today + +The good news is: you can switch to using IPv6 today. You can request +IPv6 from your current ISP and if your ISP does not support IPv6, +you can change your ISP. Even if there is no ISP with IPv6 around, you +can get IPv6 via anywhere using the +[VIIRB](/u/products/viirb-ipv6-box/) using the +[IPv6VPN](/u/products/ipv6-vpn/). + +Besides making the Internet faster, more reliable and less complex +with IPv6, there is one more reason to switch: IPv6 is fun!