Re: IPv6 fc00::/7 — Unique local addresses

[rcarpen at network1.net (Randy Carpenter)]

> 
> In Oz it costs real money to get IPv6 address space from the RIR
> (APNIC). Around AUD$6K in the first year, around AUD$1100 each year
> thereafter.
> 
> Your /48, according to the ARIN website, cost you US$625 this year,
> will
> cost US$937.50 next year, and $1250 every year thereafter.

Correction:  For endusers it is $1250 initially, and $100 per year thereafter. Much closer to affordable. That same $100 also covers an ASN if you have one. ISPs are charged the large yearly fee.

> Fairly trivial amounts for most commercial entities, but prohibitive
> for
> all but the most enthusiastic home user.

Justification aside, it is quote affordable for a typical power user.

-Randy