Re: Charging for IPs

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

There's a bit of a bait-and-switch here. I pay for multiple BGP sessions in the contract, but then when it comes time 
to provision, you want to go to sales to get the IPs to actually provision those sessions.



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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

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From: "Kevin Tillery via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog () lists nanog org>
Cc: "Kevin Tillery" <nanog () immibis com>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 2:35:42 PM
Subject: Re: Charging for IPs

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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