On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Karl Auer wrote: > On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 01:46 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: >>> If your big enough to get your own GUA and have the dollars to get >>> it routed then do that. If you are forced to use PA (think home >>> networks) then having a ULA prefix as well is a good thing. >>> >> home network: 2620:0:930::/48 > > 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. > Uh, no... You're misreading it.
It cost me $625 (or possibly less) one-time when I first got it. After that, the annual $100/year has been part of the same $100/year I've been paying for my IPv4 resources. > Fairly trivial amounts for most commercial entities, but prohibitive for > all but the most enthusiastic home user. > Agreed, but, at $100/year that I was already paying for IPv4, it seemed pretty trivial. I bet you spend more than that at Starbucks each year. Owen
