After months of development we are proud to introduce the successor to go6.net called gogoNET. Kind of a web 2.0 version of go6.net, it is a social network and services for professionals to go v6. We will be entering invitational beta next week, open beta a few weeks after that and then we will officially launch the site in November.

We had the same vision for go6.net then as we do for gogoNET today: to create an online meeting place where v6 professionals can go to learn about deploying IPv6, both with the resources we provide but more importantly, from others who have done it before. Anyone who has deployed v6 knows that it is best learned from trial and error and the hands-on experience of others. We built go6.net as a community portal which was state of the art at the time but lacked the functionality needed to create a truly interactive community. Over the years meaningful interaction was concentrated in the discussion forms while the rest of the communication was one-way. Today we have better technology to make this happen.

IPv6 Social Network
gogoNET uses the current state of the art to create an online communities – social networking. gogoNET is easy to use and has all the features you’ve come to expect from Facebook, Flickr, etc… except it’s 100% focused on v6. Since it uses the Ning platform new social networking functionality is being added all the time. gogoNET is currently the best way to interact with other v6 professionals who are also in the various stages of v6 deployment.

New Services
We are expanding the Freenet6 service. In addition to our popular tunnel broker service we are adding two new services:
- Freenet6 Reverse Tunnel: DSTM-based v4 in v6 tunneling for network operators testing v6-only networks who want to communicate with the v4 world.
- Freenet6 Home Access: a service that capitalizes on two of v6’s strengths: NAT traversal and P2P addressing. Home Access allows you to access v4/v6 devices in a private v4/v6 network from the v4/v6 Internet.

Lot of Resources
For launch we have loaded the site with the best v6 content the Internet has to offer – vetted, reviewed and indexed. Our staff focused on IPv6 videos, presentations and documents. Nicely packaged and all in one place, you can find the v6 info you need quickly and easily. Moving forward we are counting on members to update the site as new content becomes available.

Helping Hands
As your investigation into v6 progresses from the theoretical to the practical you will undoubtedly run into questions. If you can’t find the answers in our v6 resources and you are in too much of a rush to go to the gogoNET community for help, you have a third option: the gogoCLUB. This new premium service allows you to ask any v6 question to our v6 gurus and get a response within 24 hours. Think of it as micro consulting for a micro price.

gogoWARE
Lastly, we’ve integrated information on the products that power the Freenet6 service you use in order to understand how the services are implemented. gogoWARE allows you to provide similar services in your own network.

Looking forward to seeing you on gogoNET!

Bruce