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APNIC Document identity
Title: APNIC Fee Schedule: Membership Tiers, Fees, and
Descriptions
Short title: member-fee-schedule
Document ref: APNIC-081
Version: 009
Date of original publication: 1 December 2001
Date of this version: 26 May 2005
Review scheduled: n/a
Obsoletes: Previous versions
Status: Obsolete
Comments: Obsoleted by APNIC-081-v010
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APNIC Fee Schedule: Membership Tiers, Fees, and Descriptions
1 Membership tiers
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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
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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 ranges (except for ranges
used for experimental allocation) 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
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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$2,500.
The following services are exempt from the IP resource
application fee:
* Critical infrastructure assignments
* Experimental allocations
* IXP assignments
* AS numbers
* Historical resource transfers
3.4 Per-address fee for confederation members
In addition to annual membership fees, APNIC confederation
members (including National Internet Registry or NIR members)
are required to pay per-address fees for all allocations made
to them. The per-address fee is payable for allocations of
IPv4 and IPv6 address space, as documented below.
3.4.1 Per-address fee
The per-address fee is determined by the membership category of
the member, according to the following table:
Membership tier Per-address fee (US$)
--------------- ---------------------
Associate n/a
Very Small n/a
Small $0.16
Medium $0.11
Large $0.06
Very Large $0.03
Extra Large $0.02
In the case of small allocations or assignments, the minimum
per-address fee which is payable will correspond to the fee
payable for the "minimum allocation". This is further
explained by example below.
3.4.2 IPv4 address space
For an allocation of IPv4 address space, the total per-
address fee is calculated according to the total number of
addresses actually allocated.
For example, the total fee payable for an allocation of /17
to a Very Large member is calculated as:
32768 x $0.03 = $983.04
In the case of an allocation which includes a previously
allocated block of addresses, only the addresses additionally
allocated are included in the total fee calculation.
The minimum per-address fee payable for an allocation or
assignment of IPv4 address space will be equal to the fee
payable for a /21 allocation (2048 addresses).
3.4.3 IPv6 address space
For an allocation of IPv6 address space, the total per-
address fee is calculated for the prefix allocated according
to the number of addresses which should be utilised according
to an HD-Ratio of 0.80.
For more information about the calculation of the HD-Ratio,
please see APNIC-089, "IPv6 address allocation and assignment
policy".
The following table provides utilisation information for
prefixes from /32 to /29:
Membership tier Total /48s Utilisation
--------------- ---------- -----------
/32 65536 7132
/31 131072 12417
/30 262144 21619
/29 524288 37641
For example, the total per-address fee payable for an
allocation of /30 to a Very Large member is calculated as:
21,619 x $0.03 = $648.57
In the case of an allocation which includes a previously
allocated block of addresses, the total fee calculation is
based on the difference in the number of /48s corresponding
to HD-ratio 0.8, between the previous allocation and the new
allocation.
For example, the total per-address fee payable for an
allocation of /30 including previous /32 allocation to a "Very
Large" member is calculated as:
(21,619 - 7,132) x $ 0.03 = $ 434.61
Note: The number of /48s for /32 under HD ratio 0.8: 7,132
The number of /48s for /30 under HD ratio 0.8: 21,619
The minimum per-address fee payable for an allocation or
assignment of IPv6 address space will be equal to the fee
payable for a /32 allocation.
3.5 Membership reactivation fee
An organisation whose APNIC membership has been terminated
for non-payment of membership fees may be returned to good
standing by payment of a "membership reactivation fee" of
US$ 1,000, in addition to any outstanding unpaid fees. This
option is available for a limited period of three months
after membership termination, after which time recovered
resources are subject to reallocation.
An organisation which does not opt for reactivation of their
membership by this means, but wishes to continue using APNIC
resources, will need to open a new membership and reapply for
all resources required. In this case network renumbering will
be necessary.