[arin-discuss] neophyte IPv6 inital allocation and fee question

[Tony Hain]

It would appear from your web site that you provide internet access to
customers, so you would fall into the /32 policy bucket. Given your
statement that a /4x would be sufficient for your needs, you appear to be
assuming an allocation to your customers that is insufficient. Assume you
are allocating a /48 to each customer, then add those up. If that exceeds a
/32, then ask ARIN for whatever size that ends up being. If you fit within a
/32, then you can get by with the minimum for non-end-sites. 

Tony

--- 'IPv4 think' is about conservation above all else; IPv6 takes a long
term view.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-
> bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Charles O'Hern
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:43 PM
> To: arin-discuss at arin.net
> Subject: [arin-discuss] neophyte IPv6 inital allocation and fee
> question
> 
> I just posted the following as a question in ARIN's online ticket
> system, but am wondering if anyone here has any input on my question.
> (paragraphing inserted for readability.)
> 
> Our organization, TCSN-1, is currently directly allocated from ARIN a
> /21, NET-208-64-216-0-1, and a /22, NET-208-94-140-0-1, for at total
> yearly fee of $1250.
> 
> With the understanding that when obtaining an IPv6 allocation only the
> greater of the two fees is charged and for the purposes of implementing
> IPv6 dual-stacked with our existing IPv4 allocation we'd like to get an
> IPv6 allocation of equal or lesser cost than our current IPv4
> allocation.
> 
> Looking at the fee schedule at
> https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html we see that this would be
> something in the range of a /44 - /48 allocation, which should be more
> than sufficient for our needs for any foreseeable future.
> 
> However in the NRPM section 6.4.3. it states that the minimum
> allocation
> is to be a /32.
> 
> Does this mean that we have to increase our annual fees in order to
> obtain an IPv6 allocation far in excess of our needs?
> If so, why is there a fee schedule for allocations smaller than /32?
> 
> --
> Charles O'Hern
> Network Operations
> TCSN - The Computer Shop Netlink
> 
> 1306 Pine St. Paso Robles CA 93446
> 1-(805) 227-7000 1-(800) 974-DISK
> http://www.tcsn.net abuse at tcsn.net
> 
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