France IPv6 in France

These graphs show the evolution of default protocol, v6 address types, and average bandwidth in France over time.

They are generated using the data collected by the ipv6-test.com connection test page, and are updated on a monthly basis.

Overall IPv6 and v4 protocol support in France

This graph shows the evolution of IPv6 support vs IPv4 for all our connection test.

The numbers are percentages, so we can expect almost 100% of hosts supporting IPv4 with a slow growth for IPv6.

Top 25 internet service providers for IPv6 in France (Nov 2023)

  ISP IPv6 tests count
1.Bouygues Telecom ISP Wireline5,542
2.Orange S.A.1,174
3.ProXad network / Free991
4.Free SAS737
5.Sfr729
6.Free Mobile SAS252
7.Bouygues Telecom SA201
8.Cloudflare, Inc.158
9.Ovh Sas153
10.Online S.A.S.97
11.Hurricane Electric LLC71
12.Akamai Technologies, Inc.48
13.31173 Services AB41
14.SpaceX Starlink40
15.MilkyWan Association24
16.M247 Europe SRL20
17.Jaguar Network SAS18
18.Renater12
19.Google, LLC11
20.SoftLayer11
21.Moji SAS11
22.Marques Philippe10
23.Aquilenet10
24.Sebastien Beaufour9
25.China Telecom9

IPv6 and v4 protocol support in France (unique addresses)

This graph shows the evolution of IPv6 support vs IPv4 for unique users of our connection test.

The numbers are percentages, so we can expect a slow growth towards 50% v4 / 50% v6.

Top 25 internet service providers for IPv6 in France (unique addresses, Nov 2023)

  ISP Unique IPv6 addresses
1.Bouygues Telecom ISP Wireline3,981
2.Orange S.A.663
3.ProXad network / Free520
4.Sfr411
5.Free SAS355
6.Free Mobile SAS142
7.Bouygues Telecom SA128
8.Cloudflare, Inc.126
9.Ovh Sas63
10.Hurricane Electric LLC40
11.Akamai Technologies, Inc.35
12.Online S.A.S.31
13.SpaceX Starlink31
14.MilkyWan Association15
15.Jaguar Network SAS12
16.M247 Europe SRL10
17.31173 Services AB10
18.China Telecom9
19.Sewan Infrastructure9
20.Sebastien Beaufour7
21.Aquilenet7
22.Google, LLC7
23.ByteVirt LLC6
24.Renater6
25.Sewan Network5

Default browser protocol in France

This graph shows the percentage of browsers that default to IPv6 vs. IPv4 when visiting the ipv6-test connection test.

Hopefully, in the not so distant future, the v6 part will grow taller than the v4 one.

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Default browser protocol in France (dual-stack users)

This graph shows the percentage of browsers that default to IPv6 vs. IPv4 for users that have both v4 and v6 connectivity.

Usually a system will default to v6 when it's available, but in some cases with tunneled connections, v4 stays the default.

Top 25 internet service providers for IPv6 default in France (Nov 2023)

  ISP Test count IPv4 IPv4 % IPv6 IPv6 %
1.Marques Philippe1000.0%10100.0%
2.Coriolis Telecom SAS500.0%5100.0%
3.Sewan Network600.0%6100.0%
4.Gitoyen Network500.0%5100.0%
5.SoftLayer1100.0%11100.0%
6.Sewan Infrastructure900.0%9100.0%
7.PARITEL large600.0%6100.0%
8.Renater1200.0%12100.0%
9.Google, LLC1100.0%11100.0%
10.Aquilenet1000.0%10100.0%
11.Virtua Systems SAS700.0%7100.0%
12.Sebastien Beaufour900.0%9100.0%
13.Fastly, Inc.700.0%7100.0%
14.Moji SAS1100.0%11100.0%
15.Baxet Group Inc.600.0%6100.0%
16.Akamai Technologies, Inc.4812.1%4797.9%
17.Bouygues Telecom ISP Wireline5,5421352.4%5,40797.6%
18.SpaceX Starlink4012.5%3997.5%
19.Free SAS737212.8%71697.2%
20.Bouygues Telecom SA201126.0%18994.0%
21.Cloudflare, Inc.158106.3%14893.7%
22.Free Mobile SAS252176.7%23593.3%
23.ProXad network / Free991757.6%91692.4%
24.Orange S.A.1,1741099.3%1,06590.7%
25.Sfr7297410.2%65589.8%

IPv6 address types in France

Here you can see the evolution of address types over time, and measure usage of 6to4 and Teredo tunneled connectivity.

It should be noted that because 6rd works with native addresses, it cannot be detected here as tunneled. This is also the case with VPN based tunnels.

Downstream bandwidth in France

This graph illustrates the connection speed gap between IPv4 and IPv6, numbers represent v6 speed as percentage of v4 speed.

The lower IPv6 speeds are often caused by tunneling overhead or insufficient v6 connectivity or peering capacity at ISPs.

Top 25 internet service providers for IPv6 speed in France (Nov 2023)

  ISP Test count IPv6 average
1.Free SAS737550.7 Mbps
2.ProXad network / Free991487.8 Mbps
3.Orange S.A.1,174403.0 Mbps
4.Sfr729335.6 Mbps
5.Akamai Technologies, Inc.48249.2 Mbps
6.Bouygues Telecom ISP Wireline5,542228.0 Mbps
7.Cloudflare, Inc.158147.3 Mbps
8.Ovh Sas153123.1 Mbps
9.Sebastien Beaufour9119.6 Mbps
10.SpaceX Starlink40114.4 Mbps
11.Bouygues Telecom SA20197.8 Mbps
12.Hurricane Electric LLC7189.9 Mbps
13.MilkyWan Association2483.8 Mbps
14.Online S.A.S.9748.5 Mbps
15.Free Mobile SAS25243.1 Mbps
16.Baxet Group Inc.641.1 Mbps
17.M247 Europe SRL201.0 Mbps
18.SoftLayer110.0 Mbps
19.Gitoyen Network50.0 Mbps
20.Sewan Infrastructure90.0 Mbps
21.Sewan Network60.0 Mbps
22.PARITEL large60.0 Mbps
23.Renater120.0 Mbps
24.Google, LLC110.0 Mbps
25.Marques Philippe100.0 Mbps
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