[arin-discuss] fee waivers

[Scott Leibrand]

End users normally only pay $100/year in ongoing maintenance fees.  The 
$1250 fee is a one-time up-front cost for them (vs. a recurring annual 
fee for ISPs).

-Scott

On Tue 6/22/2010 4:30 PM, Brian Johnson wrote:
> 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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