<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>[…….]</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">additionally, at some point, afrinic *will* start charging for ipv6. (or, the services related to that - read it however you will). at that point, afrinic is going to be potentially charging real money to some organisation, for something that the organisation had not wanted, </blockquote><div><br class=""></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">but that they had been *forced* to request. </blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Yes, at some point, the fees schedule may be updated from what it is now(*), to take into consideration IPv6 categories like other RIRs have done without a crisis.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><h4 data-kwik="349" class="">(*)======</h4><h4 data-kwik="349" class="">3. Resource Members - IPv6 fees and Categories</h4><p data-kwik="350" class="">IPv6 is in its early adoption stage in our region. To
encourage and promote its usage in the region, the AFRINIC Board
ratified the following measures:</p><p data-kwik="351" class="">3.1 For existing members (with IPv4 allocation(s) and/or EU/PI assignments):</p>
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<li data-kwik="354" class=""><p data-kwik="355" class="">No additional fees as a result of the issued IPv6 prefix will apply.</p>
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<li data-kwik="356" class="">Not to consider the new IPv6 prefix allocation and/or PI assignment in calculating the Billing category of the member.</li>
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