<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">$2/month is one of the more reasonable pricing schemes I’ve seen. Many providers are gouging $5 and in some cases as much as $15/month for static IPv4 addresses.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The good news is that IPv6 is still quite inexpensive and works even better.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 4, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Baldur Norddahl <<a href="mailto:baldur.norddahl@gmail.com" class="">baldur.norddahl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">IP address space is no longer free. But an ISP or hosting company is a trader of addresses now and like everything else we do, there is an opportunity to make a margin. <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Say the provider bought at $12 per address and assuming IPv4 is needed for at least 10 years, that would only be .1 USD/month.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">But does that mean it is unfair to claim a $2 rent on that? What if the service has other components that are equally cheaper? </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards </div><div dir="auto" class="">Baldur </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">tir. 4. aug. 2020 21.34 skrev Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. <<a href="mailto:amitchell@isipp.com" class="">amitchell@isipp.com</a>>:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I know that a shortage of IPv4 addresses has been anticipated for quite some time (literally decades), however, is there a shortage *right now*?<br class="">
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I ask, because Liquid Web is using it as an excuse to raise their prices:<br class="">
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"We're contacting you today to inform you of a change to your account. As you may know, the global shortage of IPv4 addresses (<a href="https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-run-out" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-run-out</a>) continues to impact web hosting companies around the world. ... Effective August 31st, we will be updating our per IPv4 address price to $2.00 per IP."<br class="">
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Anne<br class="">
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Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law<br class="">
Dean of Cyberlaw & Cybersecurity, Lincoln Law School<br class="">
CEO, SuretyMail Email Reputation Certification<br class="">
Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal anti-spam law)<br class="">
Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange<br class="">
Chair Emeritus, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop<br class="">
Former Counsel: Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS)<br class="">
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