Services
Lease IPv6 address space
IPv6 from a /48 upward, provisioned alongside your IPv4 or on its own. No scarcity premium and no waiting list. Growing on IPv6 is usually the cheaper way to scale.
Why now
Why take IPv6 now
The economics run the opposite way to IPv4, which is the whole point.
No scarcity premium
IPv6 is abundant, so you are not paying the per-address market rate that makes IPv4 expensive. For most deployments an IPv6 prefix costs a fraction of the IPv4 addresses the same deployment would need.
Takes pressure off your IPv4
Every system you can run on IPv6 alone needs no IPv4 address of its own. Growing on IPv6 is usually cheaper than buying or leasing more IPv4 to keep up.
Increasingly expected
Large mobile networks and cloud platforms are IPv6-first in several regions. Dual-stacking removes a class of reachability problem before it reaches your support queue.
Sizes
Prefix sizes
Standard sizes. Larger on request; tell us the deployment and we will size it.
| Prefix | /64 subnets | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| /48 | 65,536 | A single site or end customer |
| /44 | 1,048,576 | Several sites, or prefixes for your own customers |
| /40 | 16,777,216 | Large deployments and hosting platforms |
Need something larger than a /40? Ask, because IPv6 space is not the constraint.
Included
What comes with it
Included in every IPv6 lease.
- Reverse DNS delegation
- Direct support, no ticket queue
- RPKI/ROA configured for the prefix
- Prefix from our own RIPE NCC address space
- Letter of Authorization for your announcement
- Announce via your own ASN, your data center's, or one of our tunnels
How it works
How it works
- 01
Tell us the deployment
The size you need, from a /48 upward, and how you will route it: with your own ASN, your data center's, or through one of our tunnels.
- 02
We register and configure
The prefix comes from our own allocation at the RIPE NCC. We set up its ROA and route6 object for the ASN that will announce it, a Letter of Authorization if your upstream asks for one, and reverse DNS.
- 03
It goes live
Your own ASN or your data center's announces it, or we do, through one of our tunnels. Then move your services onto it one at a time.
Contact
Need IPv6 address space?
Tell us the size you need, from a /48 upward, and how you plan to route it. We usually reply in 1-3 business hours.
FAQ
IPv6 questions
Do I need IPv6 if my IPv4 works fine?
Not urgently, but it is cheaper to add now than to keep buying IPv4 as you grow. The usual trigger is either cost, since IPv4 per-address pricing starts to hurt at scale, or a reachability complaint from users on an IPv6-only mobile network.
What size should I take?
A /48 is the usual assignment for one site and is enough for most single deployments, since it still contains 65,536 /64 subnets. Take a /44 or /40 if you run many separate sites or give prefixes to your own customers. In the second case we register the block as a sub-allocation, because RIPE policy does not let an assignment be passed on. If you are unsure, describe the deployment and we will suggest a size.
Can I announce it with my own ASN?
Yes. We issue a Letter of Authorization for the prefix and your upstream accepts the announcement, exactly as with IPv4. If you have no ASN, your provider can usually announce on theirs, or you can route it through one of our tunnels.
Does it work over a GRE or WireGuard tunnel?
Yes. We can deliver IPv6 over the same tunnel setup we use for IPv4, so a single endpoint can carry both. Worth mentioning up front so we configure it in one pass.
How is IPv6 priced against IPv4?
Far lower, because the scarcity that drives IPv4 pricing does not apply. We quote per prefix rather than per address. Tell us the size and duration and we will come back with a price.
Services
Related services
Other ways we can help.
Buy IPv4
Purchase IPv4 address blocks outright
Lease IPv4
Rent IPv4 addresses on flexible terms
GRE tunneling
Your IPv4 space, routed to your own servers
Further reading
IPv6 for your own network: PI, PA or a lease?
IPv6 is not scarce, so the question is whose addresses they are. PI through a sponsoring LIR, PA as an LIR, or a lease: what each allows, and which fits.
Read more