[ARIN-consult] Consultation on ARIN Fees on January of 2022

[Lokkak]

This is coming from a perspective of a legacy holder, with an ASN, but 
no IPv6 address and entirely no desire to obtain IPv6 addresses.

I have /22 of legacy address space, and I plan to maintain them until 
such time as they are no longer routable or simply niche of 
"retro-computing” routing.


I’ll examine the changes one by one, starting with the transition:
**Transitioning End Users from annual per-resource maintenance fees to 
the RSP (Registration Services Plan) Fee Schedule**
	I’d rather not have to migrate the the normal agreement. The included 
IPv6 Block Size has zero value to me. In 2017, my blocks were held with 
my ISP. I had to sign the LRSA 4.0 to move them into my control when 
that ISP closed. I don’t anticipate needing any changes or insuring 
any additional resources of ARIN. So the yearly fee of $125 should 
handle the limited labor cost my registration has for ARIN.

**Transitioning Legacy resource holders from annual per-resource 
maintenance fees to the RSP Fee Schedule while maintaining the annual 
cap of total maintenance fees (which will increase $25 per year)**
     For me, the yearly increase in maintenance doesn’t offer me more 
value nor help reduce ARIN’s costs. The costs for provide my support 
is minimal. It seems to be assuming everyone is taking advantage of IPv6 
resources and generating additional ARIN support requirements.


**Providing a temporary IPv6 fee waiver for organizations in the 
3X-Small category that desire a larger address block**
     I’d rather see this feature removed and replaced with 
transitioning legacy resource holders to the RSP Fee Schedule with the 
annual cap of total maintenance fees increasing $25 per year. A pure 
legacy holder shouldn’t need to see fees increased, if they are not 
using IPv6 addresses.


**Implementing a $100 fee for OrgCreate and OrgRecovery transactions**
     I believe this is an excellent way to recover costs of ARIN 
services for legacy holders.

**Increasing the transfer processing fee to $500**
     This is also an excellent way to recover costs. I seem to remember 
in 2017, there was a great deal of effort on my part to effect the 
transfer. The $500 seems a good initial cost, but if that fee doesn’t 
cover the entire costs incurred by ARIN the fee should be sufficient to 
cover the costs of the work.

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In short, from a perspective of a legacy holder wishing to keep my 
addresses and not look to the future, this agreement serves me poorly. I 
beg you to tailor this agreement to the two audiences. One like me and 
another for those wishing to embrace IPv6 and other services ARIN 
provide in a more à la carte way.

James Risner
Org Hanfle: LL-561-Z
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