RE: Charging for IPs

[Gary Sparkes via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

They're banking on you already having hardware there and having a cost to move. Or provisioning costs on a new provider 
if it's a circuit to you. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> 
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2026 3:29 AM
To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog () lists nanog org>
Cc: Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>
Subject: Re: Charging for IPs

Also, what's the likelihood that I (or anyone else) would renew the contract when it expires, or add additional ports 
if that's how I'm treated? It seems cannibalistic.



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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog () lists nanog org>
Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 11:30:37 AM
Subject: Charging for IPs

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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