I wish some of the biggest country should mandate all router and ISP to have IPv6 by 201x.
Otherwise we are just not getting anywhere.
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I just signed up for Comcast (I know...) and I'm getting assigned an IPv6 /64 block. It took a little tweaking in my Tomato router settings but now all my devices are getting native IPv6 addresses, so I'm basically running dual stack now.
It would be really interesting if my router was capable of tracking the percentage of traffic that's IPv6 vs. IPv4.
Are we really not getting anywhere? (Serious question, not something I know much about.) Is there anywhere that significant progress is being made in IPv6 usage? If so, is it isolated to particular kinds/parts of networks?
Yes, progress is being made. Software, network backbone, and data center support is all pretty good now. Last mile access and content are the main areas now where you can't expect support by default.
Many of the largest content providers (Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Netflix, iTunes, CloudFlare, Limelight, Akamai, 40% of the US government) have deployed IPv6 in production. Many of the largest ISPs have as well (In the US: Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google Fiber).
Backbone, or anything non consumer end, are pretty much done or will be done soon. Especially with the massive growth of Mobile devices.
The problem is the last mile. User End. With Super Outdated Software and Router that dont support IPv6.
Japan had a huge national initiative for IPv6, but in retrospect I don't see how they benefited from it. Same with the US government.