uTorrent causes IPv6 traffic to spike

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IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, has been around for more than ten years, but has never seen any widespread adoption – until about a year ago, that is. ipv6 Graphic by Arbor Networks. In early August of 2008, uTorrent started to support IPv6 for its P2P traffic, and things changed drastically, according to a new blog post from Arbor Networks: “In a dramatic reversal of long-term IPv6 stagnation, global IPv6 traffic globally grew more than 1,400% in the last 12 months.