jeroen(_at_)unfix(_dot_)org (Jeroen Massar) wrote on 23.11.04 in
<1101215479(_dot_)5383(_dot_)114(_dot_)camel(_at_)firenze(_dot_)zurich(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com>:
This really isn't a problem of the IETF. The problems is at the ISP's
who should charge for bandwidth usage and not for IP's.
Actually, they do - with some qualifications - at least over here, in
Germany.
That is, if you still use dialin over the phone network, I believe at
least some still charge by time as that is what they are charged by other
phone companies for transport. That's what non-packet networks are like.
Then, private end users - or others who behave like them - can opt for
flat rates.
Pretty much everything else is by bandwidth.
The unfortunate problem here is that you usually only get static or
multiple IPs with bandwidth accounting, and full use of a flat rate is
typically vastly cheaper than the same amount of bandwidth via bandwidth
accounting.
Which means there's a premium to *enter* the static IP market. Once you're
there, additional IP space is often free of any cost. (Well, you need to
fill out the RIPE forms so your ISP has something to point at if they get
audited.)
MfG Kai
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