Re: Charging for IPs

[Mike Lyon via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

I’ve said before and i’ll say it again:

Friend’s don’t let friends use Cogent

-Mike

> On Sep 4, 2026, at 09:58, LionLink NOC via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
>
> 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 <
> > nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not going to say no.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Mike Hammett FD-IX https://fd-ix.com/ DNA Communications
> > https://www.dnacom.com/
> > 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
> > Subject: Re: Charging for IPs
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > I thought charging for BGP sessions was ridiculous, but now for individual
> > IPs to use those BGP sessions...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Mike Hammett FD-IX https://fd-ix.com/ DNA Communications
> > https://www.dnacom.com/
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