[arin-discuss] SPAM-WARN:Re: ARIN Fee discussion

[Michael Thomas - Mathbox]

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> [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy 
> Anthony Kinsey
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 5:13 PM
> To: arin-discuss at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] SPAM-WARN:Re: ARIN Fee discussion
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> On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Michael Thomas - Mathbox wrote:
> >>
> >
> > Owen,
> >
> > Well, lets also examine that based on fixed fee per 
> resource consumed.
> >
> > A /13 contains 2048 /24s. Xtra Large fee is $18,000. So, $18000 /  
> > 2048 is
> > $8.79 per /24. That is fair.
> 
> And someone with a /20 pays $140 or so per /24...
> 
> Typically in economies of sale, the larger volume you buy, the lower  
> the price over all, again, in volume.. Assuming that someone buying  
> a /13 is getting a huge volume of IP space vs. say a /20, it is  
> logical to assume a "volume discount"..

Volume discounts normally apply, because it is less expensive to manufacture
larger batches, than small batches. ARIN does not manufacture. ARIN
distributes a finite resource. More to some than others.


> 
> However, it has been mentioned several times here that we are NOT  
> buying IP space, but rather maintenance of that space.  All things  
> being equal, I would like to assume that it costs more to 
> maintain a / 
> 13 allocation than a /20. That said,  the pricing matrix is greatly  
> flawed.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Jeremy Anthony Kinsey
>   e-mail: jer at mia.net
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