Re: quietly....

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Feb 2, 2011, at 5:22 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:

> > > > One of the things I find frustrating about this is the cost of the
> > > > space. We're a very small shop and to add IPv6 addresses for
> > > > testing now we're looking at paying another $2,200 a year ($1,700
> > > > in the first
> > >
> > > Ooof. I didn't get that far - and hadn't realized the waiver was
> > > expired.
> > >
> > > That's a pretty signficant barrier to entry. :(
> > Um, I think you guys are mistaken...
> >
> > You're talking about ISP pricing, not end-user pricing.
> >
> > End user, a /48 will cost you $1,250 one-time and then it's part of
> > your usual $100/year that you would be
> > paying if you had an ASN or IPv4 space anyway.
> >
> > Owen
>
> And, even if you are an ISP, you only pay the larger of the two fees if you have both v4 and v6. I'm not sure if that 
> is permanent or not, though.
>
> -Randy

To the best of my knowledge, the board has no intention of changing that policy.

I'd be surprised if that were the case.

Owen