Re: An Internet IPv6 Transition Plan

[Stephen Wilcox <steve.wilcox () packetrade com>]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 07:52:19PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007, Stephen Wilcox wrote:
>
> > > Lack of IPv4 addresses will put the brakes on growth of the Internet
> > > which will have a major impact on revenue growth. Before long stock
> > > market analysts are going to be asking tough questions, and CEOs are
> > > suddenly going to see the IPv6 light.
> >
> > What exactly will cease to grow tho? The 4 billion IPs that have always been around will continue to be. I think 
> > you overestimate the effects.. 
> >
> > All the existing big businesses can operate with what they already have, Google and Yahoo are not going to face any 
> > sort of crisis for the foreseeable future. And as I've been saying for a while and Randy put in his presentation, 
> > supply and demand will simply cause the cost of having public IPs to go up from zero to something tiny - enough to 
> > see IPs being put back into the pool to those who really need them.
>
> I'm not sure what your definition of "really tiny" is, but out here
> IPs are a dollar or two each a year from APNIC. I'm sure ARIN's IP
> charges aren't $0.00.

RIPE is a couple thousands Euros to be an LIR which gets you all the IPs you need..

$1/yr is like 8c/month - well into the realm of being sunk into the cost when you provide a hosting service or DSL 
line. Its close enough to zero to be lost in the overheads of any business operation. 

Now, if you suddenly charge $2.50/mo to have a public IP or $15/mo for a /28 it does become a consideration to the 
customer as to if they _REALLY_ need it

Steve