Re: Charging for IPs

[Saku Ytti via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Fri, 4 Sept 2026 at 22:36, Kevin Tillery via NANOG
<nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> 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.

100% correct from an economist point of view when customers are of
homo economicus who act in their best self-interest. But of course it
is completely untrue in the real world with homo sapiens who can be
easily gamed to act against their best self-interest.

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