Private address and static IP as an commercial offer.

[Arif OKTAY <]

Hi All,

I appreciate if  someone clarifies the situations for the following;

1- Address Translation and Private Address Space Usage. Some of my 
customers want to use public addresses with no technical reason. Their main 
concern is to avoid the extra expenditure for a NAT/proxy/firewall. Should 
I force them to use one ?

2- I've seen the following advertisement on the net. Doesn't this 
constitute a violation of the policy as " IP addresses does not have any 
commercial value". There wasn't any extra info whether this amount was 
billed for dns records or any other service. Advertisement was from ARIN 
region.

"For just an additional $15/month, you can get a single static IP address - 
perfect for using your company's VPN (Virtual Private Network) or accessing 
the corporate network. The Static IP feature is only available at your 
residential location. Currently, the feature is only available for new 
customers in certain areas. For more information and to order your Static 
IP address today, please call x-xxx-xxx-xxxx and ask for the "Static IP 
feature". "

thnx
arif
ao189-ripe


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IP Uygulamaları Müdürlüğü             IP Applications Group
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