ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space

Wed Apr 7 21:05:49 UTC 2010

Just curious: why not set up a separate entity to apply for IPv6 space?
Do you get a cheaper fee (or other brownie points) if you already have
an allocation?

John Palmer (NANOG Acct) wrote (on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 03:59:30PM -0500):
> Yah, thats what we are thinking here. We'll probably stick with IP4 only.
> 
> Sounds like ARIN has set a trap, so that virtually any contact with them
> will result in the ceding of legacy rights. 
> 
> We'll be sure to avoid any such contact. 
> 
> Thanks everyone for the info.
> 
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Greco" <jgreco at ns.sol.net>
> To: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>
> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space
> 
> >It's not the initial assignment fee that's really an impediment, it's
> >moving from a model where the address space is free (or nearly so) to
> >a model where you're paying a significant annual fee for the space.
> >
> >We'd be doing IPv6 here if not for the annual fee.  As it stands, there
> >isn't that much reason to do IPv6, and a significant disincentive in the
> >form of the fees.
> >
> >... JG

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