In message <3d230c80-e7cc-4b73-9e47-780df5fa3...@delong.com>, Owen DeLong write s: > > 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.
Which is still too expensive for the home user. > > 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. ;-) $100/year for a address block that nobody will route and requires someone to setup the address selection rules compared to a ULA at $0 that the OS vendors will make work well by default. > Owen -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org