[14348] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Impact of paying for address space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Tue Dec 23 21:15:05 1997
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 21:01:59 -0500
To: Adam Rothschild <asr@millburn.net>
From: Paul Ferguson <ferguson@cisco.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971223202053.8922A-100000@emancholl.pair.co
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At 08:29 PM 12/23/97 -0500, Adam Rothschild wrote:
>
>However, looking at the high fees imposed by ARIN for address assignment,
>I really hope this practice will not remain in its current form. As
>anyone can clearly see, the fees are extremely high, and will surely cause
>a raise in costs that are incurred by the end user in one way or another.
Listen, many of us have already lived through the e-mail Jihad on
the ARIN mailing list, so I really don't want to see this thread
perpetuated here. Please, subscribe to the naipr list and have a
blast, but please, not here.
I would suggest that you take a little time, read the 'recommended
reading' list assembled on the ARIN web pages, surf the naipr
mailing list archives, etc.
I would also suggest that you examine the fact that the Internet
community in the European (RIPE) and Asia Pacific (APNIC) communities
have been living with similar *service* models for a few years.
>
>Put simply, I would LOVE to hear some justification for the high fees
>imposed by ARIN (in terms of administrative work on their end that is, not
>considering the whole scarcity of addresses factor).
They are a not-for-profit organization which must be self-sustaining.
'Nuff said.
Happy Holidays,
- paul
