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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I just sent a message privately to
James about this very topic, but now that it has been brought up,
perhaps it's worth sharing with the list:<br>
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Something that don't understand is: why isn't there a larger price
difference (from APNIC's perspective) between IPv4 and IPv6, and
why isn't there a larger price difference between developing and
developed economies?<br>
<br>
I would have thought that if IPv6 adoption is an economic problem,
part of the answer would be to dramatically lower cost barriers to
entry for IPv6. I run a single-person small business, and i would
love to be IPv6 enabled, but because i'm multi-homed through two
consumer-grade ISPs, i can't do IPv6 without getting my own
allocation. The minimum price to spend with APNIC is $1,180 per
year to get this (disregarding membership fees for the time
being), and that gets me anything up to a /34. Cost from there
climbs rather rapidly, with /33 = $1,534 and /32 = $1,994. But
even the minimum is more than i pay for my entire year's Internet
access from my primary ISP.<br>
<br>
If the minimum of $1,180 were eliminated and one followed the IPv6
pricing down the chain to /48, the costs would represent pretty
minimal barriers to entry for smaller organisations:<br>
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<td height="16"><b>Prefix</b></td>
<td><b>/56 blocks</b></td>
<td><b>Cost</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">32</td>
<td>16777216</td>
<td>$1,994.20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">33</td>
<td>8388608</td>
<td>$1,534.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">34</td>
<td>4194304</td>
<td>$1,180.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">35</td>
<td>2097152</td>
<td>$907.69</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">36</td>
<td>1048576</td>
<td>$698.22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">37</td>
<td>524288</td>
<td>$537.10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">38</td>
<td>262144</td>
<td>$413.15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">39</td>
<td>131072</td>
<td>$317.81</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">40</td>
<td>65536</td>
<td>$244.47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">41</td>
<td>32768</td>
<td>$188.05</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">42</td>
<td>16384</td>
<td>$144.66</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">43</td>
<td>8192</td>
<td>$111.27</td>
</tr>
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<td height="16">44</td>
<td>4096</td>
<td>$85.60</td>
</tr>
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<td height="16">45</td>
<td>2048</td>
<td>$65.84</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="16">46</td>
<td>1024</td>
<td>$50.65</td>
</tr>
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<td height="16">47</td>
<td>512</td>
<td>$38.96</td>
</tr>
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<td height="16">48</td>
<td>256</td>
<td>$29.97</td>
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The other thing i think would help in relation to this would be
eliminating (or dramatically reducing) the associate membership
fee for IPv6-only allocations. This would put usable IPv6
allocations within the reach of any organisation in any of the
economies that APNIC serves.<br>
<br>
I don't know where the appropriate place to raise this issue is,
but i would really like to see it considered.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
On 03/03/2013 04:47 PM, Don Gould wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:5132F1FE.2040201@bowenvale.co.nz" type="cite">You
missed my point. Sorry clearly I wrote it badly.
<br>
<br>
I'm not an APNIC member. I just want to have a play to grow my
learning.
<br>
<br>
In the past we all just used to help each other out and stuff just
'got done'.
<br>
<br>
To me, this whole debate is just a joke. I remember when 'we'
used to be the tight internet community raging against the 'telco
PSTN' community, forging into new ideas, just making stuff happen.
<br>
<br>
As we've grown up it feels like we've lost our youthful spirit of
community and just making stuff happen. We seem to have become
the monster we all used to hate on.
<br>
<br>
Sure, I can email helpdesk@apnic.... but I'm quite sure I'll get
refered to some member ship forms and have to go find myself
$3,000 before I can play.
<br>
<br>
Spence's point was that you could just email some dude called
Geoff... he was everyone's mate, that guy who shows up at the
meetings, seems to know his stuff, writes an interesting blog and
hung around one of the uni's that some of us went to.
<br>
<br>
Now it's some faceless, nameless email address with no
personality, no love, no sense of 'if ya willing to step up to ask
and give it a go then we'll give you some resource to support
you'.
<br>
<br>
...wonder if I better explained my thoughts?
<br>
<br>
D
<br>
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On 3/03/2013 7:34 p.m., Jeremy Visser wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On 03/03/13 17:18, Don Gould wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">With respect to APNIC, has James
highlighted and problem in the world
<br>
we're now living?
<br>
<br>
Who do I 'just email' to get a v6 block that I can announce?
<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:helpdesk@apnic.net">helpdesk@apnic.net</a>
<br>
<br>
There is probably a more specific way to request a v6 block, but
the
<br>
helpdesk will point you in the right direction. It's what they
get paid
<br>
to do. :-)
<br>
<br>
At my work, we have a /21 of IPv4 allocated to us. Because a /21
of IPv4
<br>
costs more than a /32 of IPv6, we don't pay anything extra for
our IPv6
<br>
space.
<br>
<br>
Thus made it very easy to justify playing with IPv6 to the boss.
:-)
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