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APNIC Document identity

Title:    APNIC member fee schedule: tiers, fees, and descriptions

Short title:                    member-fee-schedule
Document ref:                   APNIC-119
Version:                        002
Date of original publication:   17 October 2007
Date of this version:           15 October 2008
Review scheduled:               n/a 
Obsoletes:                      Previous versions
Status:                         Obsolete
Comments:                       APNIC-119-v002 was obsoleted by
                                APNIC-120-v001 and APNIC-121-v001 on
                                1 January 2010.
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    APNIC member fee schedule: 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 through APNIC activities  in a regional community
         of interest involved in IP addressing and related matters;
 
       * 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
current address space that member holds. Historical address space
and experimental allocations are not counted when determining 
membership tier. 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

       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

       At the time of invoicing for annual membership fees, the 
       membership tier is assessed as described in section 2 above. 
       The membership tier then determines the annual membership fee, 
       as follows.

       Membership tier     Fee (AU$)
       ---------------     ---------

       Associate                 792

       Very Small              1,584

       Small                   3,169

       Medium                  6,338

       Large                  12,676

       Very Large             25,352

       Extra Large            50,704


3.2    IP resource application fee

       Members requesting IP address space for the first time will be
       required to pay an IP resource application fee of AU$3,169. 

       The following services are exempt from the IP resource
       application fee:

       * Critical infrastructure assignments
       * Experimental allocations
       * IXP assignments
       * AS numbers
       * Historical resource transfers


3.3    Per-address fee for NIR and confederation members

       In addition to annual membership fees, APNIC NIR (National 
       Internet Registry) and confederation members are required to
       pay per-address fees for certain allocations made to them. The 
       per-address fee payable for allocations of IPv4 and IPv6 
       address space, is documented below.
 

3.3.1  Per-address fee

       The per-address fee is determined by the membership tier of
       the member, as follows:


       Membership tier     Per-address fee (AU$)
       ---------------     ---------------------

       Associate                    n/a

       Very Small                   n/a

       Small                      0.203

       Medium                     0.139

       Large                      0.076

       Very Large                 0.038

       Extra Large                0.025

        
       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 in sections 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 below.
 

3.3.2  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:

           32,768 x AU$0.038 = AU$1245.18

       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 any allocation or 
       assignment of IPv4 address space is equal to the fee payable for 
       a minimum IPv4 address allocation.
 

3.3.3  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 0.8.

       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
       selected prefixes from /32 to /29, for an HD-Ratio value of
       0.8:


       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 AU$0.038 = AU$821.52

       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 addresses utilised
       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 AU$0.038 = AU$550.51

        Note:  The number of /48s for /32 under HD ratio 0.8:   7132
      	       The number of /48s for /30 under HD ratio 0.8:  21619  

       The minimum per-address fee payable for any allocation or
       assignment of IPv6 address space is equal to the fee
       payable for a /32 allocation (7,132 utilised addresses).

3.3.4  IPv6 special conditions

       For NIR members, the IPv6 per address fee is discounted by 90% 
       for allocations of IPv6 address space to existing IPv4 
       infrastructure.  
        
       For ISP confederation members, a single pool of IPv6 address 
       space must be maintained, and per address fees are therefore not
       payable for IPv6 allocations. 


3.4    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 
       AS$1,268, 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.