Requesting IP Addresses
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Ubiquity will provide as many IP's as needed to any client, provided that standard ARIN IP justification is met on allocations beyond clients initial /29 provision.
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What is ARIN IP Justification?
ARIN is the organization that presides over all IP provisions in North America. Contrary to popular myth - no one provider has the ability to provide you more IP's than any other by their policies. With that in mind - we have no reason to not to provide you as many IP's as you would like either - so long as you do not break their policies, which are posted for the public at http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html - the most relevant section being 4.2.3.1 - quoted below.
4.2.3.1. Efficient utilization ISPs are required to apply a utilization efficiency criterion in providing address space to their customers. To this end, ISPs should have documented justification available for each reassignment. ARIN may request this justification at any time. If justification is not provided, future receipt of allocations may be impacted. In extreme cases, existing allocations may be affected.
How do I provide Justification
We have a very short .doc with a few simple questions. It's available at http://www.ubiquityservers.com/IP_Just.doc - simply fill out as much as you are able and attach it to a support ticket at https://support.ubiquityhosting.com when making your request. If further changes are required, a network administrator will let you know. Some of the more common justifications for IP's are..
- Game servers
- Voice servers
- Virtual private servers
- SSL certificates
- Other applications that run on a unique port
Please try to provide as many hypothetical hostnames that you would use with your IP space or domain names if possible. It is not necessary to provide domain names or hostnames for 100% of your IP's, but provide as many as possible for assure for a speedy approval of your justification. Most IP justification forms are approved within one business day.
What if I don't have domain names yet?
Ideally, a listing of domain names would be supplied, especially in cases of very large blocks. In the event that you don't have this information, a listing of hypothetical hostnames that you'll be attaching can also suffice.
What does Ubiquity charge for IP's?
Due to potential overheads on IP ranges used for legitimate emailing purposes, Ubiquity's rate for servers which send opt-in newsletters and legal bulk email is different from our standard rates. As it's understood that even the most legitimate of services that send email will get the occasional complaint from someone who didn't remember when they signed up, IP ranges justified for any email-sending organization in the past are kept as a separate pool and will not be used for other clients web servers.
- IP Addresses (Standard Usage) For Dedicated and Co-Located Servers:
/29 (8 IPs - 5 Usable) - $5 per month /28 (16 IPs - 13 Usable) - $10 per month /27 (32 IPs - 29 Usable) - $20 per month /26 (64 IPs - 61 Usable) - $30 per month /25 (128 IPs - 125 Usable) - $40 per month /24 (256 IPs - 253 Usable) - $50 per month
- IP Addresses (On servers sending newsletters / legal and legitimate bulk email):
/29 (8 IPs - 5 Usable) - $16 per month /28 (16 IPs - 13 Usable) - $32 per month /27 (32 IPs - 29 Usable) - $64 per month /26 (64 IPs - 61 Usable) - $128 per month /25 (128 IPs - 125 Usable) - $256 per month /24 (256 IPs - 253 Usable) - $512 per month
- IP Addresses for VPS Servers
Each VPS includes 2 IP addresses at no charge. Additional IP addresses can be requested in any quantity at a rate of $1.00 per IP address per month for standard use and $2.00 per IP address per month on servers sending newsletters / legal and legitimate bulk email. VPS containers are limited to a maximum of a /29 additional per container.
