Re: Charging for IPs

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That’s absurd. IMHO.  If NTT is an option, you should talk to someone on
their carrier sales team.  They’ll build a strategic partnership with you…
and last I heard, don’t charge you anything up to a /28.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM Mike Hammett via NANOG <
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> I'm not going to say no.
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> From: "Josh Luthman" <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>
> To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog () lists nanog org>
> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 11:32 AM
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> Cogent?
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> On Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 12:30 PM Mike Hammett via NANOG <
> nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
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> 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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