Subject: Re: (ngtrans) including ipv4 address space into ipv6 address space

From: Paul Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:55:09 +0000

>IPs are certainly not free.... not in the UK....

Yes they are...

We have 32 IP addresses and don't pay a penny for them. We could have 256 
addresses if we wanted, and still not pay any more.

It depends on your ISP, and your type of Internet connection. On cheap/free 
dial-up connections the ISP will often charge more for an IP address 
(unless you're with Demon) as there's administration for them to do, but if 
you have a leased line, most reasonable ISPs will give you whatever IP 
addresses you want.

The ISP isn't charged for IP addresses. Any charge they make to users is 
for administrative/configuration work.

> > The obvious answer is to charge people for IP addresses rather than the
> > current system of giving them away for free.

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