Re: Charging for IPs

[Josh Luthman via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Cogent?

On Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 12:30 PM Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
wrote:

> Has anyone else experienced an upstream provider that wants to charge you
> for the IPs you need to establish BGP sessions?
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> I understand charging for large blocks, but I literally just got a quote
> for two /31s. I have an existing contract elsewhere with them, and they
> gave me 3x /29s gratis (for three different ASNs, sets of BGP sessions,
> ec.). Now they're charging for each IP.
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> I thought charging for BGP sessions was ridiculous, but now for individual
> IPs to use those BGP sessions...
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