They probably assume you're some kind of internet business for which
$300/month is nothing.
One option you have is to rent a connection somewhere nearby (e.g. a
colo in a nearby datacenter with more providers), announce your IPs
there and tunnel them home. This won't be cheap or convenient either,
but it could well work out cheaper than $300/month.
If your ISP doesn't like it (they will like it, because they won't
know), they're free to stop playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes.
On 01/12/2025 16:03, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG 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/
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Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com
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