[ih] Not a Milestone in IPv4->IPv6 migration..?

[John Levine]

It appears that Jack Haverty via Internet-history <jack at 3kitty.org> said:
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>Seems like a historical milestone, assuming this is the first time for a 
>monthly charge for IP addresses. 

AWS has been charging for IPv4 addresses for years. The change is that
the price has gone up. They used only to charge separately for
addresses that were not attached to running virtual machines,
presumably on the theory that you're paying for the VM and the charge
is part of that. Now they charge all the time.

The charge is pretty small, half a cent per hour, or about $3.50/month.

Lots of virtual hosts have a pricing model where you get one IPv4 address
and pay for any extra.  Digital Ocean charges $5/mo, again waiving the fee
when it's attached to a running machine.

AWS is pretty good about giving you your own /64 for IPv6 adresses,
but other places just put all their customers in the same /64 unless
you complain (and sometimes even if you do complain) which can lead to
reputation issues.

R's,
John