*nods* This particular service is delivered in Equinix CH1, so not a good facility to play chicken at. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Sparkes" <gary@kisaracorporation.com> To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2026 2:34:23 AM Subject: RE: Charging for IPs They're banking on you already having hardware there and having a cost to move. Or provisioning costs on a new provider if it's a circuit to you. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2026 3:29 AM To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> Subject: Re: Charging for IPs Also, what's the likelihood that I (or anyone else) would renew the contract when it expires, or add additional ports if that's how I'm treated? It seems cannibalistic. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett via NANOG" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 11:30:37 AM Subject: Charging for IPs Has anyone else experienced an upstream provider that wants to charge you for the IPs you need to establish BGP sessions? I understand charging for large blocks, but I literally just got a quote for two /31s. I have an existing contract elsewhere with them, and they gave me 3x /29s gratis (for three different ASNs, sets of BGP sessions, ec.). Now they're charging for each IP. I thought charging for BGP sessions was ridiculous, but now for individual IPs to use those BGP sessions... ----- Mike Hammett FD-IX https://fd-ix.com/ DNA Communications https://www.dnacom.com/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/64BRVJOZ... _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/UQVKYEJE...