--- owen@delong.com wrote: From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> I actually tend to doubt it. All of the people I've talked to from the major operators have said that the charges in IPv4 were not a revenue source, they were an effort to discourage the consumption of the addresses and/or the use of static addresses and to try and recover the costs of dealing with them in cases where customers were willing to pay. ------------------------------------------ Not jumping into the turd chunkin' contest, but this is not my experience. The suits definitely want the money for income stream; small as it may be. I'd like to hear from others if their experiences are different. scott