[131285] in North American Network Operators' Group
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Thu Oct 21 20:36:22 2010
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
To: Karl Auer <kauer@biplane.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <1287701974.10216.63.camel@karl>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>
> In Oz it costs real money to get IPv6 address space from the RIR
> (APNIC). Around AUD$6K in the first year, around AUD$1100 each year
> thereafter.
>
> Your /48, according to the ARIN website, cost you US$625 this year,
> will
> cost US$937.50 next year, and $1250 every year thereafter.
Correction: For endusers it is $1250 initially, and $100 per year thereafter. Much closer to affordable. That same $100 also covers an ASN if you have one. ISPs are charged the large yearly fee.
> Fairly trivial amounts for most commercial entities, but prohibitive
> for
> all but the most enthusiastic home user.
Justification aside, it is quote affordable for a typical power user.
-Randy
