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

On Wednesday, April 30, 1997 3:37 PM, Michael Dillon[SMTP:michael at MEMRA.COM] wrote:
@ 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
@ 
@ The bottom line is track record.  Not track tearing.  Not track derailing.
@ But pounding the damn dirt around the track with the rest of us worms.
@        -- Randy Bush
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Has ARIN provided such a "bid"....?

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