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 ske...@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:ka...@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. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) > http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) > > GPG fingerprint: B386 7819 B227 2961 8301 C5A9 2EBC 754B CD97 0156 > Old fingerprint: 07F3 1DF9 9D45 8BCD 7DD5 00CE 4A44 6A03 F43A 7DEF