[arin-discuss] fee waivers

[Owen DeLong]

+1

Owen

On Jun 22, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Aaron Wendel wrote:

> As the operator of a small, free exchange point I was recently hit with the
> $1250 fee for an IPv6 allocation.  After several go arounds with our members
> one of them stepped up to the plate and generously donated the fee to cover
> it.  (Thanks HE!)
> 
> It made me think though.  Without this help we would not have gone v6 or we
> would have had to implement some work around: space from a member, private
> space, etc. that wouldn't have been optimum and may have been such a hassle
> we would have just abandoned it.
> 
> It seems to me that it would be a good idea to extend the fee waiver ISPs
> receive to end users for a time, on the current sliding scale, to encourage
> adoption of v6 by everyone, not just ISPs.  My fee has already been paid but
> if we're really trying to push adoption, incentives should be applied to
> everyone on the same plane and not just a single "class".
> 
> Aaron
> Kcix.net
> 
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