Akamai and Limelight Networks and the Internet Society (ISOC) for the first global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, Ipv6, which will take place on 8 June, dubbed 'World IPv6 Day.
During the trial, participants will enable IPv6 on their main services for 24 hours.
The companies are coming together to help motivate organisations across the industry, namely ISPs, hardware manufacturers, operating system vendors and other web companies, to prepare their services for the transition to IPv6.
The Internet Society is supporting 'World IPv6 Day' as part of its efforts to accelerate IPv6 deployment.
One of the goals of the trial is to expose potential issues under controlled conditions and address them as soon as possible.
The vast majority of users should be able to access services as usual, but in rare cases, misconfigured or misbehaving network equipment, particularly in home networks, may impair access to participating websites during the trial.
Current estimates are that 0.05 percent of users may experience such problems, but participating organisations will be working together with operating system manufacturers, home router vendors and ISPs to minimise the number of affected users.
Participants will also be working together to provide tools to detect problems and offer suggested fixes in advance of the trial.
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