[AusNOG] APNIC Slashes Costs for New Members

[Jared Hirst]

Agree, it needs justification but that’s easy to get around.



I have a customer that had less than 128 IP’s with us, they applied around
6 months ago to APNIC and got a /22 so that they can ‘just have them’ they
have no plans to use them and I am sure that they are just going to sit on
them to sell. I approached them and they laughed about the whole depletion
policy saying ‘someone will come up with a solution’ almost like they have
NO idea about the seriousness of the final allocation policy.



When I reported this to APNIC they did not really have a way to do anything
about it.



Just frustrating that people like us who are using the IP space and need it
cannot get it and then they offer this to new customers which will create
more of this ‘un needed’ allocations happening.







*From:* Skeeve Stevens [mailto:skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com]
*Sent:* Friday, March 1, 2013 5:31 PM
*To:* Damian Guppy
*Cc:* Jared Hirst; <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
*Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] APNIC Slashes Costs for New Members



It still has to be justified... but it isn't exactly that hard these days.



Portability is the number one justification in my opinion.  Usage is
second.  And you don't have to justify the usage I believe if you have a
genuine need for portability (peering, multiple ISPs, etc).


...Skeeve



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On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Damian Guppy <the.damo at gmail.com> wrote:

Is it actually that easy to get an allocation now for smaller companies? I
was under the impression you still needed to justify 75% use within 6
months or something, and that it was actually scrutinized. I'm not sure if
it is even a valid point now that the final allocation policy is active.



--Damian



On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Jared Hirst <
jared.hirst at serversaustralia.com.au> wrote:

How stupid... This is now going to now get more and more people that don't
need ip's applying for a large allocation which they won't use.....



Maybe there is something I am missing but to me this sounds like a recipe
for disaster.

Regards,



Jared Hirst

Servers Australia Pty Ltd

Phone: 1300 788 862

Direct: (02) 4307 4205

E-mail: jared.hirst at serversaustralia.com.au


On 01/03/2013, at 4:26 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

Hey everyone,



APNIC has slashed the "IP Resource Allocation Fee" from AU$3500 (ex-GST) to
AU$1750 (ex-GST).



This means a new member can sign-up and get access to IP resources of up to
a /22 of IPv4, IPv6 space and AS numbers.



The cost of becoming a new member (with resources) is now:



AU$2425 (ex-GST for Australians)



which is: AU$675 (ex-GST) + AU$1750 (ex-GST).



Please see the official announcement here:
http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/ip-resource-application-fee-reduction


...Skeeve



*Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd

skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com

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facebook.com/eintellegonetworks ; linkedin.com/in/skeeve

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