Re: [External] Normal ARIN registration service fees for LRSA entrants after 31 Dec 2023

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Sep 16, 2022, at 10:37 , William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:29 AM John Curran <jcurran () arin net <mailto:jcurran () arin net>> wrote:
> > > On 16 Sep 2022, at 1:22 PM, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:12 AM John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:
> > > > Note - if the reason that you are paying "significant money” to ARIN is because you have more than one ASN
> > > > (and therefore are paying $150 per-ASN annual maintenance fee), I would suggest you review if you qualify for
> > > > a /24 IPv4 block from the ARIN waiting list (and applying asap if that’s the case), as your annual ARIN payment
> > > > would drop upon receipt (i.e. you would become a 3X-Small registration services plan customer paying $250/year
> > > > in total rather than paying the per-ASN maintenance fees), and also be able to opt into general membership and
> > > > thus participating in voting if desired.
> > >
> > > Or get an IPv6 /48 which could be fulfilled immediately (no waiting
> > > list) and have the same impact of making you a 3x-small services plan
> > > customer paying $250/year total.
> >
> > Thank you Bill – obviously another excellent option…
> >
> > (He could even do both, since the RSP plan category is based on the largest of the two resource holding – so that
> > when an IPv4 /24 is eventually issued, his overall customer category would still remain at 3X-Small, i.e. $250/year)
>
> Hi John,
>
> He might not qualify for an IPv4 /24 under current ARIN policy but
> with AS numbers in use it's a near certainty that he qualifies for an
> IPv6 /48 with little effort.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
Under current policy structure, it’s pretty difficult to qualify for a /48 and not qualify for a /24.

If you’ve got ASNs in use, you almost certainly qualify for a /24 at this point.

Owen