> On Mar 30, 2022, at 10:09 , Jared Brown <nanog-...@mail.com> wrote:
>
> Randy Carpenter wrote:
>>>>>>>> Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:
>>>>>>>> When your ISP starts charging $X/Month for legacy protocol support
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Out of interest, how would this come about?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ISPs are facing ever growing costs to continue providing IPv4 services.
>>>>> Could you please be more specific about which costs you are referring to?
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not like IP transit providers care if they deliver IPv4 or IPv6 bits
>>>>> to
>>>>> you.
>>>>
>>>> Have you priced blocks of IPv4 addresses lately?
>>> IPv4 address blocks have a fixed one-time cost, not an ongoing $X/month
>>> cost.
>>>
>>> - Jared
>>
>> How, exactly, would you propose a company recoup the cost?
> There are many options, depending on the commercial relationship between ISP
> and customer.
>
> The ISP may simply charge a single one-time fee per IPv4.
>
> The customer may choose to bring their own IPv4 blocks as many BGP customers
> do.
>
> The ISP may chose not to charge separately per IPv4, as having those IPs
> enables them to charge $Y/month for Internet service.
>
> And so on and so forth.
>
> Furthermore IPv4 addresses do not wear out. IPs can be reused upon customer
> churn and excess blocks can be sold, if need be.
>
> - Jared
A growing number of providers are charging $x/IPv4 address/month as a way to
recoup that cost.
I expect that trend will continue.
While it may (MAY[1]) be a one-time fixed costs to the provider, it’s not
likely to stay that way for the customers going forward.
Owen
[1] Modulo RIR fees and the possibility that due to capital constraints, said
ISP may have chosen to lease addresses rather than purchase them.
