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Why am I limited to 5 Elastic IP addresses? Why am I charged when my Elastic IP address is not associated with an instance?
Public (IPV4) internet addresses are a scarce resource. There is only a limited amount of public IP space available, and Amazon EC2 is committed to helping use that space efficiently.
By default, all accounts are limited to 5 Elastic IP addresses. If you need more than 5 Elastic IP addresses, we ask that you apply for your limit to be raised. We will ask you to think through your use case and help us understand your need for additional addresses. You can apply for more Elastic IP addresses here.
In order to help ensure our customers are efficiently using the Elastic IP addresses that they have associated with their account, we impose the $.01/hr charge when these IP addresses are not mapped to an instance.
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