The new, larger version of the Internet: IPv6June 6, 2012 By SebastianThe next version of the Internet begins rolling out today.The problem is that the current Internet addressing system, IPv4, only has room for about 4 billion addresses. The internet needs more IP addresses. IPv6 is the new version of the Internet Protocol and expands the number of available addresses to a virtually limitless amount–340 trillion trillion trillion addresses.Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedIn