v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers

Mon Dec 24 12:45:06 UTC 2007

Hi Jeroen,

On 24/12/2007, at 6:07 PM, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> Joe Greco wrote:
> [..]
>> Okay, here, let me make it reaaaaaaallllllyyyyy simple.
>
> Yes, indeed lets make it reaaaaaaallllllyyyyy simple for you:
>
>> If your ISP has been delegated a /48 (admittedly unlikely, but  
>> possible)
>> for $1,250/year, and they assign you a /56, their cost to provide  
>> that
>> space is ~$5.  They can have 256 such customers.
>
> <cut>

>
> How high are your transit&equipment bills again, and how are you  
> exactly
> charging your customers? ah, not by bandwidth usage, very logical!
>

Not my bandwidth usage? Ha. Ha. Haha. Ha.

Fortunately a /32 allocation was free from APNIC with our existing  
membership tier.

Regards,
Trent
Australia