Please also post the response to the list. I'm very interested in what the policy is wrt charging for IP addresses. Bredo Øveraas Tele2 Norway David Knight <dknight@ripe.net> on 18.05.2000 15:52:12 To: Koen Breugelmans <kbr@mira.net.dhis.org> cc: ripe-list@ripe.net(bcc: Jon Bredo Øveraas/Tele2NO) Subject: Re: ISP fee? Hi Koen, Queries like this may be sent to <ncc@ripe.net> Koen Breugelmans <kbr@mira.net.dhis.org> writes: * * I contacted my ISP (=Online in Belgium) for 4 IP addresses. Some months ago * we got one fixed IP, but we need some more now. The 'commercial manager' of * my ISP responded that I have to pay 3000Bfr/year (this is approx. 80$/year) * for one IP. * It already sounded very weird to me that they charged that fee for * non-commercial groups like us, so I wondered if this is * 1) legally * 2) too much * 3) fraud * * I can totally agree if they ask a one-time setup (registration cost) and * perhaps some little annual costs, but this is just too much for us IMHO. * * Another thing I'd like to ask about: Everytime I want to order some new * IP-addresses, my ISP says that they'll also have to change my old fixed IP's * into new ones. Is this just a normal procedure, or is this some kind of * backdoor to fraud? How can I check that my ISP registered those IP's under * my name and contact, and not under their's? * * * Best regards, * Koen Breugelmans, sysadmin <kbr@mira.net.dhis.org> Kind regards, David Knight RIPE NCC