John Curran <jcurran@nic.near.net> writes: ... At some point or another, the cost of route entry propagation will be identified and some enterprising soul will turn a "problem" into a business opportunity by actually recovering these costs seperately. Yes, it will be messy, and providers will begin handling routing (not traffic) settlements, but if the cost component of routing gets high enough, then it's quite likely to emerge as a separate item.
... Will a fortune 500 company be concerned about the extra [wild estimate] $250/month to keep their dozen distinct CIDR entries? Perhaps not, they may even consider it a good investment compared to renumbering when they change providers. Would the local bookstore renumber both their hosts (when changing providers) in order to avoid $20/month? Maybe. ...
RIGHT ON !