Facebook vs. Google+ over IPv6

By Derek Morr on May 23, 2012 2:16 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (1)

Facebook got some attention recently for turning on IPv6 on facebook.com. Unfortunately, they didn't enable it on their CDN, so Facebook is useless over an IPv6-only connection.

By contrast, Google+ works just fine. I did a side-by-side comparison earlier today on a v6-only VM (on a network that's in Google's IPv6 whitelist). G+, on the right, shows everything. FB shows an empty white box. I've been really impressed with Google's multi-year investment in IPv6. It's really paying off.

Facebook versus Google Plus on an IPv6-only connection

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2 Comments

Paul Saab said:

CDN is coming next week..

May 23, 2012 3:09 PM
Derek Morr Author Profile Page said:

That's great news. I'm looking forward to it.

May 23, 2012 3:10 PM

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