[address-policy-wg] the cost of PI space

Hi Immo, 

> I am working for such a non profit organization voluntarely (as all of
> our staff does) and I can assure you that fundraising money for
> servers/routers is not easy for us. When it comes to periodic costs, it
> is always a trade off between more bandwith/more servers (= increased
> power costs) and other things (like address space, lir membership fees,
> etc). So while most end users of independet ressources might not even
> notice a shift from 50 euros per anno to 500 euros per anno, at least
> for us that would make things seriously more difficult. After all,
> thats why we decided not to become a LIR (eventhough it would otherwise
> fit better then usage of independend ressources).

Looking at the cost for PI purely from the viewpoint of a foundation isn't
realistic imho. 

There are plenty of LIR's that actually sponsor the cost of PI to a
foundation, especially if it is strategic for the foundation their
operations. 

Not knowing what kind of foundation you are working for, but foundations
that come to my mind that would require PI and multihoming: 

Wikimedia or AMS-IX or alike. 

Looking at reasonable cost for PI IPv6 (when the multihoming requirement
would be removed) in my opinion, should be around 250 euro yearly. 

Rationale for that 250 euro cost is: 

. 	The cost will most likely be enough to remove IT Pet project
requests behind a DSL line @home 
. 	That kind of yearly cost for PI IPv6 still provides small business
and even non-profits the option to start with IPv6 deployment if it is
strategic
	for them to have their own IP's, without hindering IPv6 adoption and
deployment. 

In fact, when the cost for PI IPv6 would increase but the requirement for
multihoming is dropped, SMB's & foundations are in a better place than
currently as it will be cheaper for them to use PI IPv6 space. They don't
have to setup a complete multi-homed environment, but could just ask their
'ISP of the month' to route their IP space for them and use their redundant
setup. Running a multi-homing environment isn't for the fainthearted . . .
and certainly not cheap or easy.  

And if you can't make the (strategic/financial) business case to shell out
250 euro yearly for PI IPv6, you can always ask your ISP for regular PA
IPv6. 

Regards,
Erik Bais