Let us all bend over, apply the Vaseline...

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Bob Atkins wrote:

> Today it will be $2500, which I already consider ridiculously high.
> 
> Tomorrow what will it be? 

Judging by the precedent of RIPE and APNIC, the fee will drop in the
second year. My estimat is that it will fall to between $1900 and $2100
in the second year and then fall to around $1800 in the third year.

> The idea of paying such a high recurring cost for IP space is absurd
> and only goes to justify a bloated $3M annual budget.

The companies who will be paying these fees will have annual budgets that
are larger than ARIN's. They can afford it.

> I'm not suggesting that the IP registery remain with NSI either.

So why don't you put in a bid for it then. Please submit full details of
capital and other expenses for the first year of operation in a form
that can be verified by the members of this list. 

Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael at memra.com

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