On Oct 21, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Karl Auer wrote: > 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. > This is NANOG. To the best of my knowledge, no part of the NA in NANOG is in the APNIC service area.
ARIN pricing is significantly better at US$100/year for ALL end-user resources, so, only the $1250 up-front fee would apply and apparently the partial fee-waiver for that is still in effect if your previous posting was correct. > 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. > Really? $100/year is too much? Really? I guess that depends on whether you think addresses are worth more than coffee. ;-) Owen
