On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:22 AM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM, John Palmer (NANOG Acct) > <nan...@adns.net> wrote: >> Was looking at the ARIN IP6 policy and cannot find any reference to those >> who have >> IP4 legacy space. >> >> Isn't there an automatic allocation for those of us who have legacy IP >> space. If not, is ARIN >> saying we have to pay them a fee to use IP6? Isn't this a disincentive for >> us to move up to IP6? >> >> Those with legacy IP4 space should have the equivalent IP6 space under the >> same terms. Or am I missing something? > > Hi John, > > The game is: > > Sign ARIN's "Legacy RSA" covering your legacy space. With the LRSA you > retain more rights than folks who sign the regular RSA, but probably > less rights than you have now. > More accurately, you retain more rights than the standard RSA and you move from a situation where your exact rights are unknown and undetermined with no contractual relationship between you and ARIN to a situation where your rights are assured, enumerated, and a contractual relationship exists between you and ARIN governing the services you are receiving from ARIN.
> Pay your $100/year as an end-user. You now qualify for an IPv6 > assignment under ARIN NRPM 6.5.8.1b regardless of the size of your > network. > > Pay the $1250 IPv6 initial assignment fee. > This is correct. I would like to see initial registration fee waivers for IPv6 end-user assignments. I've brought the subject up on arin-discuss. There was substantial opposition to the idea. If you would like to see that happen, I encourage you to voice your opinion there. > > For better or for worse, you're not going to get IPv6 space under the > "same terms" as your legacy IPv4 space. You got a really good deal on > IPv4. Try not to be too disappointed that the same deal isn't > available with IPv6. > Well said, Bill. Owen