[ARIN-consult] Consultation on ASN Fee Harmonization

[Andrei]

Hi John,

Yeah, that's basically what I suggested. To waive the setup fee for ASN 
allocation, should a LIR have a RSP plan active.
Could be a little bit lowered for individuals and educational/research 
networks, but that may open a little door for abusive allocations (eg. 
GRE-tunneled IXP for "research").

I'm very glad you actually considered my feedback, would be amazing if 
will be implemented as well.

Thank you,
Andrei.

On 2023-07-11 2:43 PM, John Curran wrote:
>
>> On Jul 11, 2023, at 7:33 AM, Andrei via ARIN-consult 
>> <arin-consult at arin.net> wrote:
>> ...
>> If, for example, on X-Small plan you pay $1,000 per year for holding 
>> a maximum of /20 IPv4 and /32 IPv6, why don't you add a 3rd resource 
>> for ASN? Each RSP plan to include a max. number of ASNs without any 
>> fee and if exceeded, to choose either to upgrade to the next slab or 
>> to start paying for setup fee if the amount of included ASNs is exceeded?
>
> Andrei -
>
> This is essentially the approach that is being proposed in the ASN Fee 
> Harmonization proposal – ARIN proposes adding a third column to the 
> RSP plan fee schedule with each size category covering a certain 
> number of ASNs.
>
> As per the original consultation –
>
>
>>>     In 2022, ARIN transitioned end user customers to the RSP fee
>>>     schedule based on total IPv4 and IPv6 resources held, to ensure
>>>     costs were distributed in an equitable manner by eliminating the
>>>     fee differentiation between ISP and end user organizations. Now
>>>     ARIN is seeking community feedback on a plan to complete the fee
>>>     harmonization process by transitioning ASNs to the RSP Fee Schedule.
>>>
>>>     Proposed Fee Harmonization (all fees in USD)
>>>
>>>     - Organizations holding 1-3 ASNs will be categorized as
>>>     3X-Small, with an annual fee of $250.
>>>     - Organizations holding 4-15 ASNs will be categorized as
>>>     2X-Small, with an annual fee of $500.
>>>     - Organizations holding 16-63 ASNs will be categorized as
>>>     X-Small, with an annual fee of $1000.
>>>     - Organizations holding 64-255 ASNs will be categorized as
>>>     Small, with an annual fee of $2000.
>>>     - Organizations holding 256+ ASNs will be categorized as Medium,
>>>     with an annual fee of $4000.
>
>
> If I understand correctly, I believe the refinement that you are 
> proposing is that once an organization has a Registration Services 
> Plan, they not pay setup fees for additional ASNs.
>
> That is an excellent suggestion well worth considering (and would be 
> similar to how requests for IPv4/IPv6 resources are handled under an 
> RSP place today...)
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers
>
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