On 4/19/2020 3:08 PM, David Farmer wrote:
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 12:28 PM John Santos <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Is there any way to ensure that an ISP requesting a /40 has fewer than 250
customers, so they can assign each a /48 in order to be eligible for the
smallest allocation at commensurate cost with a /24 of IPv4?
I don't think there is anything ARIN can reasonably do to require that
3X-Small ISPs have fewer than 250 customers. However, I'll note that even
3X-Small ISPs probably wants to grow their business, eventually moving them
into the 2X-Small ISP category. Once they have something like 150 to 200
customers they should be able to justify an additional /24 moving them into
the 2X-Small ISP category.*Further, even for an ISP with 150 to 200 customers
the additional $250 in ARIN fees annually shouldn't be a significant roadblock
to their growth. *So, I think the natural incentives for the growth of
their business will be sufficient to regulate this issue, and I don't think
we need to micromanage this issue through policy.
If the bolded statement is true, why did 26 out of 30 3X-Small ISPs elect not to
double their fees? I posit they all have significantly less than 150 to 200
customers to spread the cost over, and their customers are extremely
cost-sensitive. If they have, say, 150 customers on average, the increased
cost would be less than 14 cents per month. If they only have 10 customers,
then the annual ARIN fees for each customer would double from $25 to $50.
It would be useful to hear from some of these 26 nano-ISPs about what their
customer base is and why they are so cost-sensitive. I suspect most of us
techies are completely oblivious to the real-world concerns of these customers
and that they aren't just being incredible cheapskates. As in "$25, that won't
even pay for a decent meal" vs. "$25, I could feed my family for a week!"
--
John Santos
Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
781-861-0670 ext 539
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