It does not for me where remote services I am using require an IP NOT a FQDN. Junos, Fortinet, AWS etc.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dovid - use dynamic DNS. It's generally free and there are lot of free > options. That solves the problem without using a /29. I do exactly this > myself at home. > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM Dovid Bender <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> The monopoly probably exists because it's so expensive to be there. >>> There are a ton of factors. If it was so easy, why don't you start up your >>> own ISP (with blackjack and hookers)? >>> >> The main ISP's are Optimum and Verizon. Verizon has DSL and never built >> out to my area. Optimum has fiber down the block but can't be bothered to >> bring it to mine (why spend the money of there is no one forcing them). If >> starlink or anyone else had satic IP's I would jump ship. >> >>> >>> Dovid - you didn't even answer the first question, why do you need a >>> /29? What problem are you trying to solve with a publicly routable block? >>> >> My home IP is white listed in a lot fo equipment. I also connect to >> customers networks and that requires it's own IP (I can't connect from the >> same IP that I use for my day to day work). >> >> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM Dovid Bender <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Not answering for Aaron but I almost have the same issue. Where I am >>>> there is a monopoly. My *ONLY* option is a single ISP with coax. I got a >>>> /29 from them as I needed a few static IP's. I would love if they allowed >>>> BGP and would love it even more if we went back in time 10 years and had >>>> access to fiber..... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM Josh Luthman via NANOG < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Aaron, >>>>> >>>>> As a small operator I would ask why you need a /29 the first place. >>>>> Second >>>>> why don't you just get your own ASN? >>>>> >>>>> Are you willing to pay more to support v6? Or do you think the ISP >>>>> should >>>>> add that service for free? >>>>> >>>>> Imo v6 is a joke because you still need v4 for a working Internet. I >>>>> understand there are benefits but this is 2025 and you can't get by >>>>> without >>>>> v4. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 10:03 AM Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > I wish they were dropping in my area. >>>>> > I called my backwoods ISP last week (they are a monopoly with ~4,000 >>>>> fiber >>>>> > customers) to go from a single static at my office to a /29 and they >>>>> said >>>>> > "It's $300/mo". >>>>> > I asked why it was so high and they said "My boss doesn't like >>>>> configuring >>>>> > them, so he set the price really high". >>>>> > Then I asked when IPv6 would be available and got the same answer I >>>>> got >>>>> > back in 2019: "My boss said he was thinking about looking into it >>>>> next >>>>> > year". >>>>> > >>>>> > -A >>>>> > >>>>> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM Tom Mitchell via NANOG < >>>>> > [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > v4 addresses have been dropping rapidly. They were as high as $65 >>>>> last >>>>> > > year. Now, there are offers for $11. Average market price now is >>>>> in the >>>>> > > mid-$20's. All the NA ISPs have been selling much of their >>>>> inventory. >>>>> > Why >>>>> > > not. >>>>> > > >>>>> > > - Tom >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM Mike Hammett via NANOG < >>>>> > > [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > > >>>>> > > > What are you using for guides for IPv4 pricing? There are a >>>>> bunch of >>>>> > > > undated blogs, which don't mean much if there's no date. >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > Hilco's blog says somewhere around $27 for a /22 to /24: >>>>> > > > https://www.ipv4.global/reports/october-2025/ >>>>> > > > but then fast forward a month on their auction page and it's >>>>> down to >>>>> > $22: >>>>> > > > https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > These guys stopped updating in June: >>>>> > > > https://ipv4market.eu/ipv4-market-average-sale-prices-2025/ >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > ----- >>>>> > > > Mike Hammett >>>>> > > > Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> > > > http://www.ics-il.com >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > Midwest-IX >>>>> > > > http://www.midwest-ix.com >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > > NANOG mailing list >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UWJDG6X3FH73ELJRSEX4O4BIK7CS7EAQ/ >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > NANOG mailing list >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2DP5TTAHK4CN2HXHNLLYN225JNLQYJIO/ >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > NANOG mailing list >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5D2RDOWMRXX4634VKZO33X4YAR7RYMDK/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NANOG mailing list >>>>> >>>>> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XWAJ5B7ZIBEPUGWIUKS42N3AM76AMWRV/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X5ASNX7XBXGSZTD3ZLVGFK6V5V6JMSJM/
