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While that is about market rate for a single IP, an IP address doesn't actually cost the ISP much at all. https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html#isps htt

by lsc 12y ago

While that is about market rate for a single IP, an IP address doesn't actually cost the ISP much at all. https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html#isps https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html#isps also, at least until ARIN runs out, it's in your interest to qualify for as many IP addresses as you can, and VPSs are one way to legitimately "show efficient use" of your current IP addresses.

petercooper 12y ago
Your last paragraph is the most interesting thing I've read on this thread. Maybe I'm just being a suspicious cynic, but do you think there could be value in a business trying to qualify for as many IP addresses as possible in the short term so that they could be capitalized on when/if the final IP address crunch occurs?
- lsc 12y ago
  there is value, but I wouldn't be so cynical. It's really not that hard to fake the "efficient usage" requirement, if that is really what you were after. If you are going through contortions to legitimately qualify for a block from ARIN rather than just lying, my assumption would be that you are doing so for honor, not money, otherwise you'd take the far more efficient route of lying.