NTIA Extends Deadline for IPv6 Comments to Oct. 17

NTIA extended the deadline for comment on factors influencing industry adoption of IPv6 to Oct. 17, from Oct. 3 (see 1608180029). It was “in response to requests for additional time,” said an agency notice in the Federal Register. The Department of Commerce intends to use the comments to “inform” its work to promote IPv6, including a planned IPv6 best practices forum set to be held during the Internet Governance Forum's December meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico. Stakeholders see NTIA’s request for comment on IPv6 as particularly opportune given U.S. entities’ progress over the past year in adopting the protocol and amid the inflection point in the transition to new technologies like 5G and the IoT (see 1608310069).