Best Source for ARIN Region /24

Tue Jan 12 19:15:28 UTC 2016

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:54:49AM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote:
> As an end user, you can get an IPv6 /48 and still qualify for the /24 of transitional space as well.

did ARIN hold back some blocks to service the 'transitional space', or would
that be going to the STLS list?

--jim

> 
> Owen
> 
> > On Jan 11, 2016, at 18:35 , Matthew D. Hardeman <mhardeman at ipifony.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I???m aware of the /24 block for facilitation concept, but my client???s use case can qualify as an end-user rather than as an ISP, thus their annual operating cost is smaller than even the X-SMALL ISP category, which they???d land in ??? if they opted for the smaller /36 initial IPv6 direct allocation, rather than the default /32 direct allocation.
> > 
> > That seems to balance toward buying an existing /24.
> > 
> >> On Jan 11, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rafael Possamai <rafaelpossa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> If you apply for an IPv6 block, as an ISP, and you have the intention of truly utilizing it, then you can apply for a /24 to facilitate that transition. 
> >> 
> >> It will cost you about $1500 or so, which is about half of what a /24 is going for in the transfer market.
> >> 
> >> Thing is, if you take the IPv6 block just to use the /24 they give you, then one could argue you are cheating the system.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Matthew D. Hardeman <mhardeman at ipifony.com <mailto:mhardeman at ipifony.com>> wrote:
> >> I???m looking to buy a /24 of space for a new multi-homed network in the ARIN region.  Can anyone out there speak to going rates for a /24 and best places to shop?
> >> 
> >> 
> > 

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