[810] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IETF questions -- Internet growth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (matsb@sics.se)
Tue Jun 4 09:15:49 1991
To: vcerf@nri.reston.va.us
Cc: Ed Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>,
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 29 May 91 07:15:29 -0400.
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 91 14:37:36 +0200
From: matsb@sics.se
Vint,
I also think it is clear that goverment funding for a set of common
services are inappropriate. One should consider the means to reach
other funding though. Administration costs may well be higher than
what is on the invoices.
To give an example: we have created a public register of all
leisurecraft/private owned boats in Sweden. The cost for keeping a
boat registred (you have to by law) is appr 5 USD. The intention was
to have this register self financed. The real cost was appr 2.000.000
USD higher per year. This have to be covered by the tax payers. The
register is administred by the same organisation that keeps the
records of all motor vehicles too, so the economy of scale does'nt
help much.
To set up a registry organisation with hiring of personell equipment,
romms et c, you need commitment from someone to cover the cost. A set
of organisations may well sign a cooperative contract setting up
suitable guarantees, or better to share the cost of operation. This is
to ensure that adminstrative costs are kept as low as possible.
--mats
Ed,
I think you have a good point - we need to consider a pay as you
go registration in any case because it doesn't seem appropriate
any more for the U.S. government to pick up the tab for operating
the Internet Registry all on its own - especially given the burst
of commercial registration under way. Seems as if there may be
a number of motivations for thinking about your suggestion.
Vint
