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This was not my experience with ARIN at all. I requested resources as an individual (sole proprietor) and they were issued to me under my own name. The only req
by buttocks 5y ago
This was not my experience with ARIN at all. I requested resources as an individual (sole proprietor) and they were issued to me under my own name. The only requirement is that you have a justified use and $250 per year, which is the cost for 3X-Small allocation (/40 or less of IPv6, /24 of IPv4). As of this year it is also $50 to have an "org" created. This is not prohibitively difficult, though it might be prohibitively expensive for some.
- icedchai 5y agoLast I looked, ARIN charged $550 (one time fee) to issue an ASN, on top of the recurring fee. Not expensive if you're serious, but if you're a hobbyist and just need a 32-bit ASN number, you may as well explore cheaper alternatives. Based on my own research, that would cover 20+ years of fees for some LIRs in the RIPE region.
- buttocks 5y agoAn ASN isn't needed unless you are multi-homed. If you're connecting through just one ISP, you can do BGP peering with them using a private ASN. That said, if you do need an ASN, I don't know why they should be so expensive.
- icedchai 5y agoYes, I understand. I set up my first AS in the 90's, back when you were considered a god if you had a T1 line. We had two T1's, one to MCI and another to BBN!