Re: Charging for IPs

[Kevin Tillery via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On 4 September 2026 18:30:37 CEST, 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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I'll be the contrarian here. Surely whether or not this is sane depends on the total price and surrounding 
circumstances. If a provider charges say $200 for a service, whether they itemize it as $200 connection, free BGP, free 
IPs; or $180 connection, $20 BGP, free IPs; or $1 connection, $9 BGP, $190 for IPs to run BGP on; is entirely up to 
them and makes little difference.
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