[ipv6-wg] test-ipv6.com

Shane Kerr suggested I post this here; that some of you may find it 
useful.

   http://test-ipv6.com   or
   http://aaaa.test-ipv6.com

The intent of this site is to help the user what it will mean when 
publishers start publishing dual-stack.  When it makes sense, the test 
will be updated to indicate what the future looks like when publishers are 
IPv6 only.

The dual stack publishing case is an open question that has been discussed 
between content and access providers.  Measurements published by Google 
indicate a number of users with IPv6 enabled, routes installed, but the 
connectivity fails.  In this situation, from the user's perspective, the 
site is down, and the user will go to the competitor's site (Still "up", 
IPv4 only).

Followup measurements by other parties (Tore Anderson published some data; 
I've seen private data by other organizations) confirm the scale of the 
numbers Google has seen.

While content providers will continue to do their own measurements 
(whether publicly or privately), they won't likely be indicating to the 
"broken" users what fate they are facing or how to fix it.  This is where 
I hope something like my site can help, in a brand-neutral way.

Please review the FAQ; and if you have comments feel free to send them to 
me.  The site will automatically show a survey form if you have results I 
don't fully understand; if you see it pop up, please fill it out with 
contact details in case I need to ask more questions.  I've seen lots of 
crazy things so far!

Note: This is a side project of mine, not an employer's.  As such, 
resources are limited.  Please don't post this to slashdot - I'm not 
appropriately resourced for it (both for hardware and finances).

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