[arin-ppml] V6 address allocation policy

Michael Richardson mcr at sandelman.ca
Tue Jan 19 15:02:41 EST 2010


>>>>> "Leo" == Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> writes:
    Leo>      "ARIN charges a fee for the initial IPv6 allocation from
    Leo> ARIN to an ISP.  This fee is currently waived for IPv4
    Leo> subscribers. For organizations that aren't IPv4 subscribers,
    Leo> the fee is lowered by current fee waivers."

    Leo> t=3: Pay $1250, the max of: $1250 for the IPv4 renewal $1250
    Leo> for the IPv6 renewal

    Leo>      "Organizations issued or transferred both IPv4 and IPv6
    Leo> allocations by ARIN under a single Org ID pay the larger of the
    Leo> two annual renewal fees."

    Leo> Now, let's compare with the cost of just doing IPv4, which
    Leo> would be $1250 per year.  Humm, let's see, it costs $0 more to
    Leo> get IPv6 address space (right now).

    Leo> So, let's try this again.  Will your manager approve $0?

Cost of 10.0.0.0/24 = $0.
Cost of IPv6, > $0.

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