[arin-ppml] V6 address allocation policy

[Owen DeLong]

On Jan 18, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:

> Leo Bicknell wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> t=0: Pay $1250 "initial allocation" for an IPv4 /21.
>>  
> t=0: Pay absolutely nothing for my legacy IPv4 space
>> t=1: Pay $1250 "renewal" for an IPv4 /21.
>>  
> t=1: Continue to pay absolutely nothing for my legacy IPv4 space
>> t=2: Pay $1250 "renewal" for an IPv4 /21.
>>     Pay $0 for an IPv6 /48.
>>  
> t=2: Continue to pay absolutely nothing for my legacy IPv4 space, don't get any IPv6 space because I can't afford to pay the $1250 for PI IPv6 space for the project.
>> 
>> 
>> t=3: Pay $1250, the max of:
>>        $1250 for the IPv4 renewal
>>        $1250 for the IPv6 renewal
>>  
> t=3: Continue to pay absolutely nothing for my legacy IPv4 space, continue to not experiment with IPv6 because I still can't pay the $1250 for the PI IPv6 space.
> 
> t=n: Sell enough of my legacy IPv4 space in a transfer market that I can establish an ongoing account for my IPv6 space fees
> 
I wish you the best of luck with that.

The risk side of that equation, of course, is:

t=n: The internet has passed me by and my business became irrelevant to the world since IPv6-only customers
	thought I went out of business when they couldn't find my web site.

Owen