Well how am I supposed to arrange a payment on a Sunday afternoon?
As well I'd say I've already paid them more than enough to use their IPs - I never brought up a BGP session with them and never passed a single packet to them. I'm surprised to hear that such extortion techniques are considered acceptable.
Read your contract with Cogent carefully. I know our contract states that any IP addresses allocated must be returned at termination of contract. As with all PA address space, I would suspect this is the norm. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1737 839676 Internet Engineering Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1737 839516 BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart@bbc.co.uk Kingswood Warren,Tadworth,Surrey,UK | URL: http://support.bbc.co.uk/