[arin-ppml] V6 address allocation policy

[Owen DeLong]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:

> 
>>>>>> "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.
> 
Cost of IPv6 ULA = $0, same as IPv4 RFC-1918.
Cost of routable IPv4 /22 = $1250, Cost of IPv6 routable /48 = $1250.

Let's try to do apples to apples comparisons.

Owen