You’re saying that there are two networks that are of sufficient complexity/size/whatever to require PA addressing, yet lack the resources for $150/year in registration fees?
I suppose it’s not impossible, but I’m wondering how they afford the other expenses associated with maintaining such a network. Owen > On Nov 30, 2019, at 09:00 , Matthew Kaufman <matt...@matthew.at> wrote: > > I administer two networks that use legacy IPv4 blocks (one also uses an > allocation from the 44 net) > > Both could have IPv6 if it was free, but neither organization has the funds > to waste on a paid IPv6 allocation. > > We should have given every legacy block matching free IPv6 space, because > early adopters are still sometimes early adopters. > > But you’re right, what could have been supported on a volunteer basis is now > a profit center. Especially for IPv6, which is once-and-done if sized > properly. > > Matthew Kaufman > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 2:29 PM <b...@theworld.com > <mailto:b...@theworld.com>> wrote: > > If the commitment really was to spread IPv6 far and wide IPv6 blocks > would be handed out for free, one per qualified customer (e.g., if you > have an IPv4 allocation you get one IPv6 block free), or perhaps some > trivial administrative fee like $10 per year. > > But the RIRs can't live on that. > > We have put them under the management of a group of five organizations > which are very dependent on the income from block allocations and no > doubt were hoping IPv6 allocations would be a boon since there will be > very little if any income growth from future IPv4 block allocations. > > Worse, once acquired an IPv6 block has so many billions of addresses > very few if any would ever need another allocation so it would hardly > act as a loss leader. > > I realize many still would not deploy IPv6 for various reasons such as > their equipment doesn't support it or they don't have the in-house > expertise to support it, etc tho I can't think of much other etc, a > few points of resistance do come up. > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | > http://www.TheWorld.com <http://www.theworld.com/> > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
