On the other hand if providers A, B, and C charge $200 for the connection with addresses and bgp included and provider D charges $200 for the connection and an additional $100 for the adresses, I’d say it does make a difference. Owen
On Sep 4, 2026, at 12:36, Kevin Tillery via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
On 4 September 2026 18:30:37 CEST, Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
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...
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I'll be the contrarian here. Surely whether or not this is sane depends on the total price and surrounding circumstances. If a provider charges say $200 for a service, whether they itemize it as $200 connection, free BGP, free IPs; or $180 connection, $20 BGP, free IPs; or $1 connection, $9 BGP, $190 for IPs to run BGP on; is entirely up to them and makes little difference. _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/Z4AYTAM5...