Regarding the ARIN IPv4 Exhaustion

As you may have heard, ARIN officially issued out the very last of the available IP space earlier today. What this means is that providers and companies will no longer be able to simply request additional IP space from ARIN to meet their needs for expansion.

One result of this is that several providers are already reclaiming IP space that was rented out to their clients in order to refill their own pools. This has been a cause of concern from our own clients as well, so this notice will be our formal stance on the matter.

We just wanted to take the time to let you know that we will absolutely not be doing this to our clients - whether you are renting a single IP or large allocations from us. So long as you continue leasing those IPs, they will remain in your possession, and will not be 'taken back' by us.

We also will not be raising the pricing on our IPs in the forseeable future. And even if a time comes where we expect to raise the cost of additional IPv4 or DDoS-Protected IPs for our VPSes, existing services will never be raised from the price set upon purchase. If you have DDoS-Protection or Additional IPv4 addresses for your service now, their costs will remain the same so long as the service is active.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us via our Support system at https://my.frantech.ca/, or directly via admin@frantech.ca. Thank you for your custom; we never would have made it this far without all of our fantastic clients.

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Aldryic C'boäs,
Frantech Staff