[797] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IETF questions -- internet growth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (vcerf@NRI.Reston.VA.US)
Sat Jun 1 14:16:33 1991
To: Carl Malamud <carl@malamud.com>
Cc: fin@unet.unet.umn.edu, ietf@isi.edu, com-priv@uu.psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 May 91 08:59:28 PST."
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 91 14:09:35 -0400
From: vcerf@NRI.Reston.VA.US
Carl,
Part of the cost is staff time to answer questions, validate
the applications, update the tables, etc. Since there are
changes to already registered information (e.g an email POC
changes, physical address/phone changes) you need staff to
cater to the existing database and to additions, deletions,
etc. You need people around to deal with operations if you
are handling DNS table updates (crises happen 24 hours a day).
This is NOT just a table mainenance problem. The information
has to be accessible on-line on a system which can handle a
fair amount of concurrent transaction processing; not just
a small 386, I'd say. You'll need some programming talent
around to fix/improve/create applications software to make
the data more useful.
It should not require fees as high as the ones apparently
quoted for X.500 name registration, however, I would not
be surprised to find that a class B network number might
cost $100-250 to register and a smaller amount to maintain
annually.
Vint
