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by icedchai 132 days ago
You're not wrong about the sustainability, but we don't know if it's their only business. I'm not sure how many BGP / multihome hobbyists there are out there, but I'm guessing it's not a huge number. My guess is the LIR stuff is an add on for their colocation and hosting services.

When I first made the ARIN or RIPE LIR decision a few years back, ARIN required a $500 registration fee for an ASN. That was a few years of LIR fees right there. I felt it was worth the risk for the savings with a hobbyist setup.