Google the ISP with 2^96 IPv6 addresses

[WGandrew]

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Seems like Google has its fingers in all the pies these days

Garett Rogers had this blog about "Google's secret IPv6 plans". It appears that Google owns a block of IPv6 addresses numbering approximately 7.9 x 1028 (79 billion billion billion addresses) or 2^96.

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[Brendon]

Google have been buying fibre for years. I don't think it's much of a surprise that they would want a chunk of the IPv6 address space for themselves. They already have a proportionately much larger block of IPv4 space.

I doubt it's secret; more like hardly anyone talks about IPv6 yet. Since they are planning to become a Wi-Fi provider in San Fransisco, and presumably many other locations worldwide, they have to be planning for the longer term, and the coming switch to IPv6 - nothing sinister in that

[Itchy]

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grrr it took me ages to work out ipv4 addresses and now the gits have made it harder for me anding (thats techie term and not me usall spelling mistakes