Hi, On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:46:55AM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote:
That said, I do fear the practical consequences of this proposal. As the possibility to get PA assignments will be dwindling, End Users may look to PI (quite possibly guided there by their ISP who can be a sponsoring LIR). The current difference in pricing between PI and PA address space is a key element of my worry here - a PI assignment costs €50/year, while becoming a LIR and getting the PA /22 would under the proposed 2012 charging scheme cost €1750 (€1000 sign-up fee + €750 yearly fee). In other words, acquiring PA address space is almost nine times as expensive as PI address space.
I'm not sure wether the multihoming requirement is for piv4 or piv6, but i think this may help. Multihoming would raise the financial bar further, in that it needs more/other infrastructure to actually use the PI. OTOH i strongly suspect that the ease of setting up a lir and getting a flat /22 will outweigh the effort of setting up four organizations to get four (possibly split) /24 PI. If what other people suggest comes true (in terms of "selling ip space"), i also believe the financial expense of becoming lir will rather be a small value in the bigger equation. That said i feel the document should speak of "Direct Assignments", and not "Assignments to Endusers", because i dont see how the latter wording would not apply to ASSIGNED PA, also (even if it doesnt "make sense" to apply it that way) - it doesnt hurt to add the word, on the other hand it makes the intent more clear. (abstention) Rico MfG/regards, -- Rico Gloeckner Sr. System Engineer teamix GmbH Suedwestpark 35 90449 Nuernberg Amtsgericht Nuernberg, HRB 18320 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Oliver Kuegow, Richard Mueller