> > In Oz it costs real money to get IPv6 address space from the RIR > (APNIC). Around AUD$6K in the first year, around AUD$1100 each year > thereafter. > > Your /48, according to the ARIN website, cost you US$625 this year, > will > cost US$937.50 next year, and $1250 every year thereafter.
Correction: For endusers it is $1250 initially, and $100 per year thereafter. Much closer to affordable. That same $100 also covers an ASN if you have one. ISPs are charged the large yearly fee. > Fairly trivial amounts for most commercial entities, but prohibitive > for > all but the most enthusiastic home user. Justification aside, it is quote affordable for a typical power user. -Randy