[ARIN-consult] [E] Re: Consultation on Transfer Fees Now Open

[Middleton, Stephen R]

Hello John,

I'm of a similar opinion to David's; the amount not covered is too small to warrant a significant process/policy change.  Particularly if those that might encourage parties to pursue solutions that involve not updating Whois.

I would be interested to know the reasons for abandonment; however.  Are applications being abandoned after failing one of the process validation points; needs, documents, etc.?  If so, then I think the process is working as the community has intended. 

Best Regards,


Stephen R Middleton, Sr.
Global Wireline IP Address Management
Public Data Network Engineering

22001 Loudoun County Parkway; F1-2-277
Ashburn, VA 20147

stephen.r.middleton at one.verizon.com

    

-----Original Message-----
From: arin-consult-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-consult-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of David R Huberman
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 5:44 PM
To: John Curran
Cc: arin-consult at arin.net
Subject: [E] Re: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Transfer Fees Now Open

Hello John,

Thank you for the reply.

If we accept the fundamental idea that ARIN should be charging on a cost recovery basis, it seems fair that if ARIN staff are spending more time on transfers, and 25% of transfer tickets are not having their costs covered, that ARIN should change things around. So conceptually, I support the idea being proposed.

But the real numbers are less persuasive than the concepts.  We're talking a difference of just about $125,000.  Which is 6 tenths of a percent of ARIN's budget.

I therefore OPPOSE this change, as the wrinkles it introduces into an opaque and volatile IPv4 address market are scarier than the thought of ARIN not recovering an extra $125,000 next year.

Thank you,
David






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