> > The question really at hand: what happens when you need to host a new=20= > > > pile of servers, need/can-justify a /24, and your hosting provider=20 > > quotes you $2560/month just for the IP space (at $10/IP)? > > You probably laugh and go to some other provider or BYOA from a broker.
That works until all the hosting providers are charging similar rates, and even a decade ago I saw providers who would charge you for bringing your own space. > >=20 > > That'd be an incentive to look seriously at IPv6.... I *think*. > > I hope so, but most likely people will continue to do the lazy thing as = > long as they > can get away with it. > > > Switching hosting providers will probably become a popular game for=20 > > the early depletion era, as providers attempt to rob each other of > > customers. That's probably a losing game in the long run. > > Let=E2=80=99s hope (that it=E2=80=99s a losing game). Just because something is a losing game doesn't mean people won't play that game. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
