Re: questions about ARIN ipv6 allocation

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Dec 4, 2021, at 8:59 AM, John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:
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> Just for clarity - ARIN’s fee schedule is such that ISP customers (i.e. those with registration service plans) pay an 
> annual services fee based on their higher category of IPv4 or IPv6 resources – i.e. those with IPv4 resources can 
> obtain a corresponding size of IPv6 resources without any change in size category or increase in their annual fee. 
>
> [Also worth noting - as of January 2022, all end-user customers are moving to the same registration services plan, 
> and similarly those with just IPv4 number resources be able to obtain corresponding IPv6 resources without change to 
> their annual fee.]

This, whether they want to or not… In many cases resulting in significant unwanted fee increases, especially if you 
have a mix of resources covered under RSA and LRSA due to ARIN’s accounting limitations that they are perversely 
disincentivized against fixing because it allows them to essentially double-bill.

Owen
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