Top web companies including, Google, Facebook, and many more are joining on Wednesday to test the internet readiness for a future in which billions of new people and devices will be connected to existing networks. The main aim of this joining is to create a fast and stable internet connectivity for the future.
Now the new IPv6 addressing has been adopted which has increased the internet address to billions of times, as compared to IPv4 addressing which is now exhausted. Publishers and Internet service providers have been waiting for the other to make the first move, and workarounds including translation services and address-sharing have become common. Less than 1 percent of Internet traffic uses IPv6, but Internet registries, which manage the registration of domain names, say more computers are trying to connect to the new protocol.
Today, more than 2 billion people are online, many with multiple computers and smartphones. By 2020, 50 billion devices may be connected as smart meters, connected TVs and remote health management proliferate.
The collaboration of many top global Internet players is likely to prevent any single one from being blamed for problems that may include slow connections or attempts timing out.
via Yahoo News
