[57614] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Independent space from ARIN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew S. Hallacy)
Mon Apr 14 22:03:40 2003
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:01:44 -0500
From: "Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix@techmonkeys.org>
To: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030414062101.GB41027@overlord.e-gerbil.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 02:21:01AM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> * Why do we have to pay very large sums of money ($2500+ per year at a
> minimum) for this wonderful IP policing service. Where in the heck does
> all that money go?
From http://www.arin.net/library/corp_docs/budget.html :
Out of the $7,861,700.00 they raked in last year:
SALARIES $2,326,653.85
FRINGE BENEFITS $1,045,063.15
HIRING COSTS $75,000.00
TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE $631,732.40
COMMUNICATIONS $236,699.62
COMPUTER $118,941.75
DEPRECIATION $445,750.00
RENT & OCCUPANCY $461,287.00
GENERAL OFFICE $192,400.00
LEGAL FEES $100,000.00
Legal Defense Fund $200,000.00
ICANN SUPPORT $188,480.00
Other Internet Support - Merit & ISOC $100,000.00
LACNIC SUPPORT $66,000.00
CONSULTING $184,000.00
Total $6,372,007.76
In other words, they're milking the cash cow.
> * Why are we expected to continue the status quo of paying thousands of
> dollars for addresses in IPv6? Without the threat of an artifical
> shortage to "manage", what possible reason is there to justify ARIN's
> existance or fees? Why do we all get the feeling IPv6 isn't an end to
> the expenses, but rather a vast new market of registration and renewal
> fees?
Because the owners of the cash cow don't want it to go away.
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