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IP Allocation Rules
Each
and every provider in North (or South) America is governed by ARIN's
(http://www.arin.net) rules on IP allocation.
As our servers are located in a Computer Data Centre in Washington D.C. we must follow
ARIN's IP policy on the allocation of
IP address space as described in RFC
2050. IP address space is a very scarce commodity that is rapidly running out and must be used
with great care and adhere to the rules. IPs may be ONLY allocated for physical servers or cases
where name-based hosting is not possible due to technological limitations not yet overcome (e.g. SSL).
IPs may not, categorically, be allocated whereby not all are used for a valid, ARIN-mandated, purpose.
Many other providers run out of their address space and are unable to get any more, as less than 90% of
what they have is being used.
If you can justify any number of IPs, we'll gladly give them to you. All we need is your justification:
explanation of why you need each one, the domain it's for, and why can't you use name-based hosting for it
instead. Remember, every provider has to follow these rules. A few rogue ones who don't, generally have to
later go and revoke IPs from their customers when they have run out and can't get any more. In the end it's
all the same, and it's best to follow the rules to begin with (as we do, and urge all our customers to do
also).
The IP allocation fee is for examining your claim. We examine each and every IP request to see if the
domain name you need it for is currently using services such as SSL, FrontPage extensions, anonymous FTP,
etc. that require an IP. It takes a long time and often, if the request is for 100+ IPs, it may take a
few hours to examine the claim and arrive at the truly justified IP number we can allocate. However, we
still charge just one flat £50 fee. So, the £50 charge for IP allocation is due to:
- time it takes us to examine the claim
- recordkeeping & accounting
- VLAN maintenance
- payments to ARIN for IPs by us (cost of IPs)
- etc.
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