Re: questions about ARIN ipv6 allocation

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

Owen - 

        Correct - ARIN will not allow you to bring non-legacy resources under an LRSA agreement. 

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers


> On 4 Dec 2021, at 9:59 PM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
>
> I would be more than happy to consilolidate my ipv6 addresses under my lrsa, but ARIN will not allow it. 
>
> Owen
>
>
> > On Dec 4, 2021, at 17:43, John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:
> >
> >  Yes Owen, that is correct…
> >
> > If an organization insists on maintaining multiple contractual relationships with ARIN (for whatever reason) then 
> > they will be billed for each relation separately - and that is indeed likely to be more than having a single 
> > consolidated agreement for all number resources.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > /John
> >
> > John Curran
> > President and CEO
> > American Registry for Internet Numbers
> >
> > > On Dec 4, 2021, at 7:09 PM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > > On Dec 4, 2021, at 8:59 AM, John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Just for clarity - ARIN’s fee schedule is such that ISP customers (i.e. those with registration service plans) pay 
> > > > an annual services fee based on their higher category of IPv4 or IPv6 resources – i.e. those with IPv4 resources 
> > > > can obtain a corresponding size of IPv6 resources without any change in size category or increase in their annual 
> > > > fee. 
> > > >
> > > > [Also worth noting - as of January 2022, all end-user customers are moving to the same registration services plan, 
> > > > and similarly those with just IPv4 number resources be able to obtain corresponding IPv6 resources without change 
> > > > to their annual fee.]
> > >
> > > This, whether they want to or not… In many cases resulting in significant unwanted fee increases, especially if you 
> > > have a mix of resources covered under RSA and LRSA due to ARIN’s accounting limitations that they are perversely 
> > > disincentivized against fixing because it allows them to essentially double-bill.
> > >
> > > Owen
> > > >