[members-discuss] New charging model

W dniu 09.07.2012 17:43, eifel-net GmbH pisze:
> Hello,
> 
> for us the new charging model seems to be unbalanced. Bigger LIR, as for 
> example big telcos (Deutsche Telekom in germany for example with lots of 
> ip-adresses in use) seem to pay much less for the service for each ipv4 
> they use, compared to small onces, as there is a fee-limit of aprox. 5000 
> EUR yearly. For smaller companies the new model will be an increase in 
> cost, as the border to small as /22 is not high enough, so that they will 
> be billed as regular (thus 50% of big LIR!). Next problem is, that big LIR 
> may pick category "small" without beeing punished.
> 
> Peter
> 


I don't really get that. It happens on the list from time to time, when
people start to complaing about charging.

The truth is if you are planning to be a LIR it means that you are no
longer a little company, because if you were, you could stay with PA
from your ISP oraz PI if multihomed. We did it that way for years but
then our upstream ISP refused giving more PI so we had to become a LIR.

You need to pay for the rent, upstreams bandwith, electricity, and so
on. RIPE fee is another on the list. So if you are whining about 2.5k
EUR of yearly payment then you should rethink your buissness.

If you get /22 it is 1024 addresses, substracting this and that
(devices, routers, servers) you can cover about 800 customers, each and
every one with own public IP. It means that you need to pay about 3 EUR
a year per customer. It is about 26 euro cents per month. That amount is
so ridicoulus, that you should spend more time expanding your network
than complaining about RIPE fees.

My two cents.

Have a nice day

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