{"id":48444,"date":"2026-10-19T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=48444"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:12:23","slug":"hints-of-ipv6-adoption-show-up-at-broadband-isp-virgin-media-and-o2-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/hints-of-ipv6-adoption-show-up-at-broadband-isp-virgin-media-and-o2-uk.html","title":{"rendered":"Hints of IPv6 adoption show up at broadband ISP Virgin Media and O2 UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly a decade has passed since broadband provider Virgin Media<\/a> (VMO2) first informed ISPreview that they planned to adopt the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing standard (here<\/a>) and we\u2019re still waiting. The situation around mobile operator O2<\/a> is similar, with both still relying primarily on IPv4 addresses. But there are signs of a change in the air<\/del> data packets.<\/p>\n

Internet protocol addresses (IP) help connect you and your devices or software with others around the online world \u2013 like an ID number for your connection. Unfortunately, the IPv4 address space could only handle 4.294 billion addresses and that supply has long since been exhausted (except for the resale of existing address pools), which means that in the future ISPs will need to use the new IPv6 standard in order to continue adding new connections without compromise (e.g. IP address sharing \/ CGNAT is a compromise that can cause problems).<\/p>\n

Sadly, the longer form IPv6 addresses are not directly compatible with older IPv4 addresses and so the two usually need to be run side-by-side (i.e. at least until the vast majority of the world has enabled IPv6). The good news is that there are various ways to resolve this challenge, but some providers have been dragging their feet for much longer than others, with Virgin Media<\/a> and O2<\/a> being two of those holdouts.<\/p>\n

Over the last decade we\u2019ve seen the operator test a number of different approaches to deploying IPv6, some of which were better than others. But for whatever reason they\u2019ve never actually got around to launching it, despite much of their network and hardware now technically being in an IPv6 ready state. But we did spot some hints of IPv6 adoption at O2<\/a> back in 2024 via AS35228<\/a> (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

What’s changed?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Several of ISPreview’s readers have in recent weeks directed our attention to APNIC’s latest chart of IPv6 adoption<\/a> on Virgin Media<\/a> (AS5089). In short, after several years of not doing much (i.e. IPv6 capability has remained at a low c.0.2% level), the level of IPv6 Capability has started to rise quite quickly over the past month.<\/p>\n

\"Virgin-Media-UK-APNIC-IPv6-Adoption-Chart\"<\/p>\n

The increase began around the middle of September 2026 and has now reached nearly 1.1%, which in the grander scheme of things isn’t all that much, but after literally years of little change it’s a notable development and reflects an increase of several times the prior value. At present this is continuing to rise on a daily basis, although we wouldn’t be surprised if it began to plateau soon as that would perhaps hint toward a customer trial.<\/p>\n

One key thing to point out here is the difference between that blue (IPv6 Capable) and red (IPv6 Preferred) line. The blue line reflects a connection\/device that has IPv6 connectivity available and can successfully communicate over IPv6, although it doesn’t necessarily mean IPv6 is being used for the majority of traffic (e.g. you can also get an IPv6 address assigned that doesn’t actually work).<\/p>\n

By comparison, the red line reflects a connection that is actually using IPv6 preferentially when communicating with destinations that support both IPv4 and IPv6. The red line hasn’t moved yet, which to us suggests that more of Virgin Media’s network is becoming IPv6 capable, but that those parts aren’t yet activated to fully harness it (i.e. possibly early preparations for a trial or wider deployment).<\/p>\n

Similarly, we’ve also recently been seeing a rise in active IPv6 connections over at O2 Broadband \/ Telefonica UK’s AS35228 network<\/a>, which has more gradually reached about 1.36% adoption over the past few months after previously hovering around the 0.4% level for some considerable time. ISPreview did query all this with VMO2, but the provide said they had “nothing to announce at this stage<\/em>“.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly a decade has passed since broadband provider Virgin Media (VMO2) first informed ISPreview that they planned to adopt the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing standard (here) and we\u2019re still waiting. The situation around mobile operator O2 is similar, with both still relying primarily on IPv4 addresses. 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