6UK was set up to advise ISPs and firms about the move from version 4 of the addressing scheme to version 6. But 6UK has been wound up after its board realised its work was futile without official backing.
The indifference means the UK is among the nations that have done the least to move to V6, it said. "The biggest organisation we needed to join 6UK was the government," said Philip Sheldrake, former director of the non-profit body.
Although the UK government handed over £20,000 ($32,000) to get 6UK going in 2010, said Mr Sheldrake, support had been scant ever since. For instance, he said, nothing had been done to change official procurement rules to mandate the new protocol which would have had a significant effect on adoption. "There's no material incentive for any organisation to go for IPv6," he said.
Source: BBC News
