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APNIC Level 1,
P O 2131
Sub : Fee Structure of APNIC Internet
Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI ) is the
Apex body of ISPs in In Category
‘A’ -
National Level Category
‘B’ -
State 0r Metro Category
‘C’ -
Right
now there are 135 ISPs operational across Category
‘A’ are – 38 Category
‘B’ are – 54 Category
‘C’ are – 43 These
category ‘C’ ISPs are playing an important role in providing
Internet access to small cities and remote/rural areas, with limited number of subscribers and low revenues
less than 150,000 USD per year.
These ISPs are dependent on Upstream Service Providers for AS Number and IP
Addresses which are generally clubbed with Bandwidth. APNIC
Fee for Very Small Category is US$ 3750/- ( including one time IP Resource
Application Fee US 2500 and Annual Fee of US$ 1250) which translate to about
INR 1,72,500. This amount is quite high for a very small ISP which has annual
revenue less than or equivalent to US$ 150,000 thereby inhibiting smaller ISPs
to join APNIC. In view
of the same we request APNIC to consider adding
a new category “Tiny” to cater to this segment. You may consider a
lower Joining fee of not more than US $ 1000 with lower allotment of IP
Addresses and A S Number. Annual fee of US $ 500 should be considered for this
TINY sector. We are
sure once you have this category; APNIC will get a larger membership base from
ISPs, Corporate, SME, not only We are
sure that our request will be sympathetically considered. Best
Regards, Rajesh Chharia President Internet
Service Providers Association of 612-A,
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