Here is a clip taken by Geof Lambert of Vint Cerf, Mark Richter and George Usi all affiliated with the California IPv6 Task Force talking about the MetroNet6 network at the first Point of Presence location for the MetroNet6 network housed at the www.Istreetsolutions.com data center in West Sacramento on April 16th, 2006.

The architecture of MetroNet6 network is designed to be an extremely secure, robust Internet-based network that can withstand a major metropolitan-wide disaster and is engineered to be used by first responders and emergency services decision makers.

As a footnote, later that day Vint Cerf, one of the early Internet pioneers, delivered a presentation on the future of the Internet near the campus of University of California at Davis, and was honored with being named a Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow by Geof Lambert, and the International Fellowship of Digital Technology Rotarians.

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An example of MetroNet6 is as follows. In a U.S. city or town the State Police, Fireman, Hospital 911 Personnel, Local Police, and any other required Local Authorities would have Handheld Devices that would have their own Metropolitan Network (MetroNet6) for Voice, Video, Graphics, Intelligence, Medical, and other forms of data through multimedia communications 24x7x365. This MetroNet6 would emulate a command and control center, using Moonv6 ,www.moonv6.org, over the Internet to an emulated National Homeland Security Office securely for communications updates. The MetroNet6 would support both wireless and wireline technology as the physical medium for communications and the integration of wireless and wireline so either can be used on the MetroNet6. The MetroNet6 would support the ability for a command center to be established in an Ad Hoc manner to communicate with the MetroNet6 Homeland Security force and emulated National Homeland Security Office using wireless or wireline communications. In addition, the MetroNet6 over time should be able to add additional Ad Hoc Sub-Networks in as required such as the emulated National Guard, Air Command, or other U.S. Agencies that must connect to the MetroNet6 during a 911 disaster.