[arin-discuss] Policy question

[Matt Harris]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 10:45 PM David Rodecker <dave at serverisp.com> wrote:

> Is there any requirement for an ISP to allow transferring IP's in use by a
> customer to another ISP?
>
> In the telephone world, NANP requires local number portability such that a
> customer isn't beholden to a single carrier.
>
> Case example: Long standing customer at a data center with a /24 IP block
> wants to move to another datacenter.
>

Absolutely not.  The going rate for a /24 is currently around $6,000 USD
for one that isn't a trainwreck, if the provider did choose to sell the
block to the customer.  If they wanted address portability, they should've
planned for that originally and acquired their own address space which they
could then announce via their own ASN.  Their lack of forethought isn't the
provider's problem.

Take care,
Matt
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