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Re: SP's and v4 block assignments

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Mar 15 11:45:31 2011

From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <A819C3B1-D160-4726-8063-01F421ADF082@ianai.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:40:51 -0700
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org


On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:27 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> On Mar 15, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Andrew Elliott wrote:
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>> Looking for information on the current standard practices for =
charging customers=20
>> for larger than default v4 assignments.
>>=20
>> Especially with the rapidly depleting v4 space, how are SP's handling =
these=20
>> requests?  Is it safe to assume customers requesting larger blocks =
are willing=20
>> to pay a premium?
>>=20
>> How much are SP's charging and what are the thresholds?  What are =
default=20
>> allocations based on?  (ie: size of the circuit, type of product, =
etc...)
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>> Are SP's requiring more strict justification for said assignments?
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> "Larger than default"?  There are rules about allocating IP space, it =
has to do with justification, not default sizes.
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> Charging for them means you are likely a spammer or provider catering =
to spammers, and lying on your justification forms.  Hopefully these =
types of providers will go away as space gets tighter and justifications =
are scrutinized more.
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> --=20
> TTFN,
> patrick
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I'll point out that Comcast charges $5/month for a static IP on their =
business circuits.

If you want more addresses, they charge even more.

This is not uncommon practice. I agree with you that it's undesirable, =
but, it's not uncommon
among the access networks.

Owen



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