Small correction - there is no annual fee in the first year ;-) But I agree.. it is too much, and APNIC have been reviewing the Initial allocation fee for a while now, but haven't made any move on it. I'd like to see a new class of membership - 'Individual' which had a small allocation (well, in comparison) and had a cheaper membership level and was not required to be multi-homed, but was portable - and a small, if any initial allocation fee. ...Skeeve -- Skeeve Stevens, CEO eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists skeeve@eintellego.net / www.eintellego.net Phone: 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954 Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 / skype://skeeve www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve ; facebook.com/eintellego -- eintellego - The Experts that the Experts call - Juniper - HP Networking - Cisco - Arista -
-----Original Message----- From: Karl Auer [mailto:kauer@biplane.com.au] Sent: Friday, 22 October 2010 10:48 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: IPv6 fc00::/7 - Unique local addresses
On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 10:10 +1100, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
Where does the 6K come from?
AUD$4,175 is the amount - It consists of the "Associate Member Fee" (AUD 675) and the IP Resource Application Fee (AUD 3,500)
Then AUD1180 for a /48 each year.
Er - apologies. Yes, the initial fee covers the first year's annual fee, so it's $4175 in the first year ans $1100 in subsequent years.
The point still stands though - that's WAY too much for home users.
While for Owen such costs might be doable, for the vast majority of home users in the AP region the only viable alternatives for internal addressing will be PA or ULA.
Even with the lower costs that ARIN users pay, the prices are still IMHO too high for home users to be using PI in any significant numbers.
Regards, K.
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