Dear all,
Firstly, let's be clear that the discount applies to fees for the
allocation of IPv6 address space to existing IPv4 infrastructure. It
does not apply to allocations of IPv6 space to new networks, nor to
subsequent allocations of IPv6 space to networks that have already
transitioned to IPv6. I hope that this is clear in all documentation
related to this policy, including the revised fee structure that was
recently published.
The rationale for this discount is that the allocation of IPv6 to
existing IPv4 infrastructure is intended to be a lightweight process,
relying on the fact that the network infrastructure has already been
assessed and IPv4 address space allocated. In other words the "work"
has been done already in the previous IPv4 application, and it is not
justified to charge the same fees for an allocation of (IPv6)
addresses
to that same infrastructure.
The APNIC EC did initially discuss a 100% fee discount for these
cases,
but felt on consideration that since some administrative activities
are
involved in making these allocations, some fee payment is justified.
I hope that this explanation helps, but please let me know if any
other
issues are not clear.
Best regards, and I look forward to seeing you all in Hanoi,
Paul.
--On Wednesday, 20 July 2005 2:13 PM +0900 Izumi Okutani
<izumi@nic.ad.jp> wrote:
Thanks to NIRs for expressing your comments. I think we should keep
this proposal("prop-028-v001:Abolishing IPv6 per address fee for
NIRs")
active as most NIRs wish to continue discussions on this issue.
Now that APNIC has implemented the 90% discount on the per address
fee,
I believe the situation has changed since it was initially proposed.
Just to start off the discussions, I would like to ask some questions
to both NIRs and APNIC.
It seems that 90% is almost as good as free, so would someone from
the
NIRs share with us why you wish the per address fee to be totally
abolished instead of the discount?
I'd also like to ask the reverse question to APNIC. Was there any
reason why APNIC has made the decision to provide the discount
instead
of totally abolishing the fee as proposed by the NIRs? It would
also be
helpful if APNIC could explain the logic behind the fee change so
that
we can compare it with what has been proposed by the NIRs.
Any other imputs from non-NIRs/APNIC are also very welcome. Any
thoughts on the APNIC fee change or NIR proposal?
Izumi
Phan Thi Nhung wrote:
Dear Billy,
I'm sorry for the delay answer. After talking within VNNIC
Hostmaster
Team, we agree to keep this proposal active and discuss at the
NIR SIG
at the APNIC 20. See you all in Ha Noi.
Regards.
Nhung.
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