------------------------------------------------------------------- APNIC Document identity Title: APNIC Fee Schedule: Membership Tiers, Fees, and Descriptions Short title: member-fee-schedule Document ref: APNIC-081 Version: 001 Date of original publication: 1 December 2001 Date of this version: 1 December 2001 Review scheduled: n/a Obsoletes: n/a Status: Obsolete Comments: n/a -------------------------------------------------------------------- APNIC Fee Schedule: Membership Tiers, Fees, and Descriptions 1 Membership tiers ------------------------ APNIC membership is available in seven tiers: Associate, Very Small, Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, and Extra Large. All Members have equal access to core services of APNIC, but a member's tier affects certain of the benefits due to them (including voting rights) and also the Annual Membership Fee which must be paid. Each member's tier is determined by the total address space allocations held by them, as described below. 1.1 Membership benefits All APNIC members have equal access to the following benefits of membership: * entitlement to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according to membership tier; * participation in a regional community of Internet service providers; * free or discounted access to training, education, and information services; * free or discounted access to APNIC meetings and associated conferences; * representation of their interests in regional and global policy development; and * access to APNIC's resource allocation, registration, and database services. 1.2 Voting rights APNIC members are entitled to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according to their membership tier as follows: Membership tier Number of votes --------------- --------------- Associate 1 Very Small 2 Small 4 Medium 8 Large 16 Very Large 32 Extra Large 64 2 Tier determination --------------------------- A member's minimum membership tier is determined by the amount of address space that member holds. Only IP address space originating from within APNIC's officially delegated blocks is currently considered. Members may choose to join a higher membership tier but may not attempt to select a lower tier than the one determined by address resource holdings. 2.1 IPv4 address space For IPv4 address space, the membership tier is assessed as follows: Membership tier IPv4 Prefix --------------- ----------- Associate none Very Small up to and including /22 Small up to and including /19 Medium up to and including /16 Large up to and including /13 Very Large up to and including /10 Extra Large >/10 2.2 IPv6 address space For IPv6 address space, the membership tier is assessed as follows: Membership tier IPv6 Prefix --------------- --------------- Associate none Very Small n/a Small Up to and including /35 Medium Greater than /35, up to /32 Large Greater than /32, up to /29 Very Large Greater than /29 (sub TLA) Extra Large n/a 2.3 IPv4 and IPv6 For members holding both IPv4 and IPv6 address space, the membership tier is assessed separately for each type, as above. The member's effective membership tier is then assessed as the larger of these. 3 Fees ------------- 3.1 Annual membership fees The membership tier will be assessed at the time of invoicing for the Initial Term and each Renewal Term. This will determine the Annual Membership Fee payable for that term. Membership tier Fee (US$) --------------- --------- Associate $625 Very Small $1,250 Small $2,500 Medium $5,000 Large $10,000 Very Large $20,000 Extra Large $40,000 3.2 Effect of membership tier upgrade Allocations received by a member during the annual membership term will not result in a change in membership tier or any additional charges. An APNIC member may, however, choose to upgrade their membership tier voluntarily, by paying in full the difference between their current Annual Membership Fee, and the Annual Membership Fee payable under the new membership tier. 3.3 IP resource application fee Members requesting IP address space for the first time will be required to pay an IP resource application fee of US$2,500. Requests for AS numbers and subsequent requests for IP address space are available to current members at no charge. The IP resource application fee does not apply to any requests made by organisations whose current membership commenced before 1 December 2001. 3.4 Per-address fee for confederation members In addition to annual membership fees, APNIC confederation members are required to pay per-address fees for all allocations made to them. The per-address fee is determined by the membership category of the member. Membership tier Per-address fee (US$) --------------- --------------------- Associate n/a Very Small n/a Small $0.16 Medium $0.11 Large $0.06 Very Large $0.03 Extra Large $0.02