quietly....

[rcarpen at network1.net (Randy Carpenter)]

----- Original Message -----
> On 2/2/2011 8:38 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> >
> >> From the main section on
> >> https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html:
> >
> > "... ISPs with both IPv4 resources and IPv6 resources pay the larger
> > of the two fees."
> >
> > It is not mentioned anywhere in the waiver stuff.
> >
> 
> The concept of v4 to v6 addressing scale doesn't match the pricing
> scale, though. Generally, I expect to see most ISPs find themselves 1
> rank higher in the v6 model compared to v4, which effectively doubles
> your price anyways. :)

This is true, and is something that I hope ARIN addresses. Policy Proposal 121 urges the ARIN board to restructure the fees to more closely match the block sizes, should it be adopted. Hopefully both will happen.

-Randy