21 Oct
2010
21 Oct
'10
8:34 p.m.
In Oz it costs real money to get IPv6 address space from the RIR (APNIC). Around AUD$6K in the first year, around AUD$1100 each year thereafter.
Your /48, according to the ARIN website, cost you US$625 this year, will cost US$937.50 next year, and $1250 every year thereafter.
Correction: For endusers it is $1250 initially, and $100 per year thereafter. Much closer to affordable. That same $100 also covers an ASN if you have one. ISPs are charged the large yearly fee.
Fairly trivial amounts for most commercial entities, but prohibitive for all but the most enthusiastic home user.
Justification aside, it is quote affordable for a typical power user. -Randy