So it's taken 25 years to get to ~30% adoption. And a few years ago APNIC reported [0] that the rate was going down - I haven't found an updated report. In 200

So it's taken 25 years to get to ~30% adoption. And a few years ago APNIC reported [0] that the rate was going down - I haven't found an updated report. In 2005 the US government mandated that all their computers be v6 connected by 2008. [1] This year they updated the mandate to 80% by 2025. [2] I learned networking in college in 1996 and I remember v6 coming up but so far I've never had to use it and chances are that I'll be able to retire still getting away with only working with v4. [0] https://blog.apnic.net/2018/05/21/what-drives-ipv6-deployment/ https://blog.apnic.net/2018/05/21/what-drives-ipv6-deploymen... [1] https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2005/m05-22.pdf https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/omb/memoranda/fy... [2] https://www.cio.gov/assets/resources/internet-protocol-version6-draft.pdf https://www.cio.gov/assets/resources/internet-protocol-versi...