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Alright, that’s totally understandable. As a service provider grows, it needs to obtain more and more IP blocks. Are there ongoing costs to owning a block of
by Kon-Peki 4y ago
Alright, that’s totally understandable. As a service provider grows, it needs to obtain more and more IP blocks. Are there ongoing costs to owning a block of IPv4 addresses, or is it just a one-time purchase fee?
- cpach 4y agoOne-time AFAIK
- cmeacham98 4y agoThere technically is an ongoing fee to keep your membership (at least with ARIN there is) but it's so small to be meaningless. Some providers rent their ipv4 blocks rather than purchase them, because the smallest volume you can buy in is 1024 addresses which is pretty expensive, especially for newcomers. In that case there would be an ongoing cost.
- toast0 4y agoYou can get /24's (256 addresses), you don't need to get a /22. Anything with a longer prefix is not generally allocated by regional internet registries, and won't usually be accepted over BGP.
- cmeacham98 4y agoOops, major facepalm, forgot /24 was the actual smallest size. It's too late to edit my comment to fix it sadly.