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On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 19:00 +1030, Tom Lanyon wrote:<BR>
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>It's still just another cost to the ISP. If transit prices increased for an ISP then they would
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> (most likely) pass that cost on to the end-user; in that case, the end-user would probably have the option to move to a plan which ? <BR>
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Everything is a cost to an ISP, this is broadband everyone gets a "24/7 on" service, there is no excuse to be charging people extra for a static IP,s leta lone ipv4,but i know fully well some marketing depts out there are going " Oh goody goody I see $$$$$$$$$$$$$$"
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That sadly is human nature
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If the cost to provide an IPv4 address goes up, surely that should be passed on the same, and the alternate option for the end-user is to move to a plan which doesn't incur that resource cost (ie. one using IPv6 instead).
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Why would they go up? is this real estate now, where ripping people off is the norm when there i a lack of supply.. profiting I believe they call it :)<BR>
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