[neelc]

For providers like us, we have to lease IPv4. We came long after IPv4 was already depleted. IPv4 prices did go down. Despite that, the $15/year 128MB BuyVM plan is long-gone.

But for a new provider like us, we'd have to spend more than an established player like BuyVM or RackNerd who bought most of their servers pre-AI-boom.

[direwolf20]

Have you tried doing ipv6-only plans?

[Gigachad]

Vultr has one that's $2.5/month v6 only. Probably good if you just need something tiny to run some automation.

[g-mork]

or just offer v4 HTTPS LB bundled. Never understood why more places didn't do this.

[alecco]

Yeah, most services will be behind a CDN or firewall service, anyway.