[6683] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Non-profit IP Registry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Stoddard)
Fri Jan 3 00:12:04 1997
From: David Stoddard <dgs@us.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 00:09:30 -0500 (EST)
While I admit it is not completely clear reading the proposal
outlined on the web page at http://rs.internic.net/arin, charging
$2,500 for a /24 will *kill* the small business market, and the
ISPs that exist to service that market. Most of the associations
and small businesses we deal with choke when thay have to pay $750
for a router to handle their dedicated Internet connection. Added
to the fact that the LECs want to charge per minute charges for
POTS lines used for dedicated dial-up, a $2,500 IP address charge
will guarantee that the small business portion of the market will
disappear. We all depend on the net for a living folks -- I don't
think we should consider any proposal that would have a negative
effect on our own industry.
Dave Stoddard
US Net Incorporated
301-572-5926
dgs@us.net
