Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space

["N. Yaakov Ziskind" <awacs () ziskind us>]

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 () ns sol net>
> To: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com>
> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog () 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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