In a quasi-simultaneous announcement, both AFRINIC and RIPE NCC announced today they would start assigning provider independent IPv6 addresses to companies applying for it. The two regional registries join their North American counterpart ARIN, which started the process some months ago.
This decision will greatly help in the transition to IPv6, especially for large companies or ISPs. Until now, companies wishing to use IPv6 were barred from multihoming their Internet connection. This was particulary an issue for smaller ISPs. For any company relying on the Internet for its business, global IPv6 reachability is an important factor. However, peering agreements between Internet transit providers are often better optimized in the IPv4 world than they are in the IPv6 one. Consequently, mutihoming the connection greatly enhances their reachability.
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