[173026] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Inevitable death, was Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Mon Jul 14 23:40:54 2014
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From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Brett Glass <nanog@brettglass.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 03:40:39 +0000
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Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Jul 14, 2014, at 11:10 PM, Brett Glass <nanog@brettglass.com> wrote:
> ...
> You're assuming that the only way to be multi-homed is to have an ASN. Th=
at's not correct.
> ARIN's fees are discriminatory; a small ISP must pay a much higher percen=
tage of its revenues than a large one for IPs, ASNs, etc. =20
Interesting use of the word "discriminatory", as it is usually used in=20
the context of having different rates or fees for different categories=20
of people or things... Used as you have, nearly everything (including
equipment makers, conference fees, and the local coffee shop) all have
"discriminatory" fees. Myself, I'd call such fees to be uniform, but
do recognize that such uniform fees have a disproportionate impact on=20
smaller service providers.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
