On Nov 17, 1997 06:57pm, MIKE BILOW wrote to BERNHARD KUEMEL:
 MB> Bernhard Kuemel wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 MB>> IP addresses don't cost anything, you know.
 BK>> Where? Over here I have to pay 20 $/month for each extra IP
 BK>> address.
 MB> This is between you and your provider.  IP addresses are created ex
 MB> nihilo by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and assigned by
 MB> Internic or one its subsidiary registries, in your case RIPE.
 MB> Technically, you are paying to lease your IP addresses from your
 MB> provider, who then provides routing services for them.
Actually, Internic advise us they no longer assign IP address blocks and it 
s
up to you upline provider to assign them to you.
 MB> You could get
 MB> your own IP addresses free of charge, but then your provider would
 MB> probably not be willing to route for them.  If you are a large enough
 MB> business, then you have the negotiating leverage to make your provider
 MB> do what you want with whatever addresses you want.
 MB> -- Mike
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