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Re: For whom is IPv6? [was: Happy St Nicholas Day: Re-Launching the IPv6 ULA registry]

Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Mon, 14 December 2020 14:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: For whom is IPv6? [was: Happy St Nicholas Day: Re-Launching the IPv6 ULA registry]
To: Jens Link <jenslink@quux.de>
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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
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Jens Link wrote on 14/12/2020 13:55:
> Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> writes:
>> If you want registered addresses, they're cheap and readily available: a
>> LIR is charged €50/y per block,
> 
> And can charge a customer some fee for the administrative overhead. I've
> seen something around 5.000€ in one project. Maybe that was just
> guesswork by the customer or ISP don't want their customers to use PI
> space.

There are ~2000 sponsoring LIRs in the RIPE NCC service region, so if 
someone paid 100x over the odds for a PI block, that's not a smart move.

As far as I'm aware, the open market rate is around €150/y, -ish.

Nick

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