Jeroen Massar wrote: >> See my earlier comments on "upsell" and "control". While you >> have some ISPs starting from the mentality that gives us "accepting >> incoming connections is a chargeable extra", they're also going >> to be convinced that there's a revenue opportunity in segmenting >> customers who want N of some resource from those who want 2N, 4N, ... >> That the resource in question is, for all practical purposes, both >> free and infinite (cue someone with a 'tragedy of the commons' >> analysis) does not factor - if they want more, they must pay more! > > Ever thought about this tiny thing called BANDWIDTH USAGE?
[snip] > Thus don't charge folks for the amount of IP addresses they have, that > is not what you get charged for by your transit/peers either. Apologies - again, my sarcasm doesn't travel well. I don't think selling IP addresses is a good idea - it's an idea I hit against and get annoyed by in the IPv4 world that I expect at least some ISPs to try and perpetuate into the IPv6 world. Regards, Tim.
