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On Sep 6, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Hannigan, Martin <<a href="mailto:marty@akamai.com" class="">marty@akamai.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">If folks want variable fees for different sizes, that can be done; </div>
<div class="">I would only caution that use of the term “fair’ for describing </div>
<div class="">such an sized-index fee schedule is quite a subjective matter.</div>
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<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I’m not suggesting variable fees, I’m suggesting a fixed percentage as a way to more equitably distribute fees along with the two sided application to reduce the impact for both parties. In retrospect, that may be neutral in terms of aggregation, but if it’s applied to each transaction, that may be incentive as well.</div><div> </div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">
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<div class="">Shouldn't "everyone" be able to "reasonably" ascertain chain of custody pre charge? Brokers could charge research fees and alleviate the members from wasted time. </div>
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Most brokers do research these materials, and that speeds up the processing</div>
<div class="">(since documentation is readily available when ARIN requests such) but that</div>
<div class="">does not preclude ARIN having to carefully review these materials to confirm</div>
<div class="">veracity and prevent anyone from hijacking blocks via creative requests…</div>
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