Cheers
I need to know the approximate cost (and maybe also the exact procedure) to get hold of a class-C IP address block. according to RIPE, they "sell" the IP-addresses to members only, which seem to be ISP's (don't know if an individual can sign up as member). and according to some search I made on google, RIPE itself doesn't charge for the blocks, but the provider may charge the cost (administration etc.) to the customer.
basically, I need the IP range for a client, and they're already attached to Swisscom for other purposes (IPSS). of course you'll believe me that I was connected to approx. 10 different people all over switzerland, only to hear "the corresponding account manager will get back to you to quote a price". that was 2 days ago, and now the line is busy (ironically, I thought that phone companies can manage not to have a line busy on a service center, but to be able to tell you exact waiting time, re-route your call to a free callcenter agent etc., but that's another story).
so can anyone tell me how much 255 public IP addresses would approximately cost?
thanks
regards Umbi
Hi Umbi
It depends :-)
If you are a good customer of an ISP (say, you buy a fat leased line or you rent some racks in his datacenter), the ISP will usually organize the IP addresses for free. But this will be PA space, meaning, it's provider dependent. If you change the provider, you lose the addresses.
If you want PI space (provider independent), you need some very good reasons, because your provider has to justify the need for 255 IPs to RIPE and he needs to justify, why it has to be Provider Independent.
Again, it depends on the deal with the ISP. If you buy a lot from this ISP, he'll probably do it for free. If you are a simple 2 Mbps leased line customer, he'll probably charche the time he needs, to organize the IPs for you. Based on the per-hour price of usually around 200-300 CHF and the knowledge, that sometimes the fight with RIPE can take between 1 and 20 hours, you can imagine that nobody will give you a fixed price, but an estimate. Based on this, I'd say, that you should permit an absolute maximum of 6000 CHF for this. Anybody who wants to charge more is probably not a very serious business partner...
About the procedure: Only RIPE-members can request IP addresses at RIPE. And RIPE membership is not free - the yearly price depends on the size of the company and the number of already assigned addresses. So the procedure for you is to choose an ISP and then ask them to do it for you. The more and accurate information you can deliver to the ISP, the better.
Cheers, Viktor
Zitat von Umberto Annino privo@gmx.ch:
Cheers
I need to know the approximate cost (and maybe also the exact procedure) to get hold of a class-C IP address block. according to RIPE, they "sell" the IP-addresses to members only, which seem to be ISP's (don't know if an individual can sign up as member). and according to some search I made on google, RIPE itself doesn't charge for the blocks, but the provider may charge the cost (administration etc.) to the customer.
basically, I need the IP range for a client, and they're already attached to Swisscom for other purposes (IPSS). of course you'll believe me that I was connected to approx. 10 different people all over switzerland, only to hear "the corresponding account manager will get back to you to quote a price". that was 2 days ago, and now the line is busy (ironically, I thought that phone companies can manage not to have a line busy on a service center, but to be able to tell you exact waiting time, re-route your call to a free callcenter agent etc., but that's another story).
so can anyone tell me how much 255 public IP addresses would approximately cost?
thanks
regards Umbi
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