Your replies have confirmed the situation. I didn't realise a IPv4 hunt-and-reclaim was going on, and now they've found me, and I can't get off their radar, and they call the shots, and I'll have to roll over and give-up the range I used to own. If I don't join and pay then the range apparently becomes "disabled" from any use. So you have no choice but to surrender (or just hang on to the dead C block out of spite). If it cost $15 a year to keep the range then I'd pay (it's not even worth that), but *$500* !
In any other case I would call this theft and extortion. *Greg K* On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 13:35, Dr Greg Low via ozdotnet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > Yep, the major ISPs ran out of IPv4 space ages ago. I note that I can no > longer get an v4 IP when using any mobile service that has Telstra > underneath it. And of course that’s a world of entertainment for systems > that I need to connect to that have IP v4 allow lists. > > > > I’m sure they’re mopping up all the class Cs as they can. I’ll bet they > did the class B and class A ones ages ago. > > > > In the end, whoever owns the routing at the upper levels gets to call the > shots. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile > > SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com | About Greg: > https://about.me/greg.low > > > > *From:* David Connors via ozdotnet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 March 2023 1:29 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Cc:* David Connors <da...@connors.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] APNIC charges for historical resources > > > > Greg, > > > > Historical objects were always free but they made you bring them into a > paid basis whenever you needed additional IP space or a new AS number or > something. That happened to us years ago. Once you're on that train you > can't get off. > > > > They must be rounding up the stragglers like you. :) > > > > David. > > > > On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 07:41, Greg Keogh via ozdotnet < > ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > > Folks, It's almost Friday... > > > > I just received an email from APNIC to tell me that a class C IP block > I've owned for 27 years is now under their control and I will be charged > $500/year to keep this *historical* resource that was created before > APNIC existed. See Maintenance Fee Change > <https://help.apnic.net/s/article/historical-fee-change>. Has anyone else > received a similar notification? > > > > My thoughts were: this is either kidnapping, extortion or a "protection > racket", or all three. > > > > I'm reminded of the 1990s when Melbourne IT were effectively selling the > dictionary for a minimum ~$135 per domain name, and special words like > "realestate" or "sales" etc were up for the highest bidder at eye-watering > prices. Ah, the days of the Internet boom...! > > > > I'd like to write an official complaint about APNIC's money-grubbing scam > to someone, but who? The ACCC is a toothless tiger. There is a federal > ombudsman, but would APNIC be on their radar? > > > > Cheers, > > *Greg K* > > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/ > > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/ >
