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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: 003
Date of original publication: 1 December 2001
Date of this version: 19 July 2002
Review scheduled: n/a
Obsoletes: Previous versions
Status: Obsolete
Comments: n/a
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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 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 Greater than /22, up to and including /19
Medium Greater than /19, up to and including /16
Large Greater than /16, up to and including /13
Very Large Greater than /13, 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 Up to and including /35
Small Greater than /35, up to and including /32
Medium Greater than /32, up to and including /29
Large Greater than /29, up to and including /26
Very Large Greater than /26, up to and including /23
Extra Large >/23
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$2,500.
Requests for AS numbers and subsequent requests for IP address
space are available to current members at no charge.
The IP resource application fee does not apply to any
requests made by organisations whose current membership
commenced before 1 December 2001.
3.4 Per-address fee for confederation members
In addition to annual membership fees, APNIC confederation
members (including National Internet Registry or NIR
members) are required to pay per-address fees for all
allocations made to them. The per-address fee is payable for
allocations of IPv4 and IPv6 address space, as documented
below.
3.4.1 Per-address fee
The per-address fee is determined by the membership category
of the member, according to the following table:
Membership tier Per-address fee (US$)
--------------- ---------------------
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 /20 allocation (4096 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 size of the prefix allocated, regardless of the
previous allocation.
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.