[124927] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Palmer \(NANOG Acct\))
Wed Apr 7 17:00:46 2010
From: "John Palmer \(NANOG Acct\)" <nanog2@adns.net>
To: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:59:30 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Yah, thats what we are thinking here. We'll probably stick with IP4 only.
Sounds like ARIN has set a trap, so that virtually any contact with them
will result in the ceding of legacy rights.
We'll be sure to avoid any such contact.
Thanks everyone for the info.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Greco" <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: "Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>
Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space
> It's not the initial assignment fee that's really an impediment, it's
> moving from a model where the address space is free (or nearly so) to
> a model where you're paying a significant annual fee for the space.
>
> We'd be doing IPv6 here if not for the annual fee. As it stands, there
> isn't that much reason to do IPv6, and a significant disincentive in the
> form of the fees.
>
> ... JG
> --
