[ARIN-consult] Consultation on Transfer Fees Now Open

[David R Huberman]

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