RE: Charging for IPs

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

The interface addresses for an IPv4  BGP session should be included in the BGP session cost. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Saku Ytti via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> 
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 3:03 AM
To: Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard () huawei com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog () lists nanog org>; Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
Subject: Re: Charging for IPs

This has been raised on the thread already a few times, by different wording, for example Kevin raised the point in a 
bit different wording.


Everyone charges for everything already, because everyone wants cost+, how this is structured is where marketing and 
psychology lives.

On Mon, 7 Sept 2026 at 09:57, Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard () huawei com> wrote:
> Reminder, cloud providers charge for every single IPv4 address.
> Why network provides should give it for free?
> It is not network providers have started to charge for IPv4.
> Ed/
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Saku Ytti via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 21:55
> > To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog () lists nanog org>
> > Cc: Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
> > Subject: Re: Charging for IPs
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Sept 2026 at 21:47, Brian Knight via NANOG 
> > <nanog () lists nanog org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hey Brian,
> >
> > >  From a configuration standpoint, without testing it, is it as 
> > > easy as configuring an IPV6 BGP neighbor with an IPV4 unicast 
> > > AFI/SAFI? And the received routes appear in the table with an IPV6 NH?
> >
> > This might be of interest:
> > https://www.trex.fi/service/turku.html
> >
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