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ISC's IPv6 infrastructure was significantly improved by a donation of a GigE link from NTT America, a global IP network services provider and operator of the largest Tier 1 IPv6 backbone. The IPv6 transit provided by NTT America to ISC is being used to support F-root name server operations, many country-code top level domains that are ISC DNS hosting guests and Hosted@ISC participants, which include kernel.org, Mozilla, FreeBSD, Internet Archive and other public benefit software projects.

Robert Watson, president of the FreeBSD Foundation and Hosted@ISC participant says: "ISC is in a unique position to influence the evolution of the IPv4 to IPv6 Internet because of our blend of experience with the fundamental structures the Internet is built on. We write software implementing the protocols (such as DNS and DHCP); we operate infrastructure that uses them, such as a root nameserver for the global DNS; we participate in standards bodies like the IETF and policy organizations like ARIN to help keep the practicalities of software and operations aligned with standards and policies."

Paul Vixie, ISC President says: "When Mozilla does a new release of their Firefox browser, and every student in every dorm room in the country...[wants] to get it in the first hour, we see a couple hundred megabits of that traffic as IPv6."

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