[arin-discuss] fee waivers

[Gary Giesen]

Couldn't agree more. If we truly want to encourage adoption of IPv6, we
should make it easy and affordable to get. And I think that given recent
speculation that the free address pool will be depleted as soon as December
*2010*, we need to move quickly on this.

GG


On 10-06-22 5:12 PM, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> +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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