[arin-discuss] fee waivers

[Brian Johnson]

Do you have IPv4 space now? How are/were you paying that fee?


- Brian


> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-
> bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Aaron Wendel
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:46 PM
> To: arin-discuss at arin.net
> Subject: [arin-discuss] fee waivers
> 
> 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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