[arin-discuss] ARIN Fee discussion

[Edward Lewis]

At 22:53 -0400 10/10/07, Howard, W. Lee wrote:

>...Maybe you could
>say BT, InterNAP and Neustar are big players (in different
>ways).  The folks from BT, InterNAP and Neustar posted a
>combined total of 5 messages of the 150 so far this month.

Speaking for myself as the DRM for NeuStar...I've read all of the 
messages but  there hasn't been much to comment on.  Some messages 
are rather enlightening - exposing to me perspectives I don't get 
from where I sit.  But some messages devalue the list.

What I have been inspired to think is "how important is the fee 
level" when it comes to encouraging or discouraging IPv6 deployment 
or impacting business models?  Do the ARIN fees for numbering 
resources compare in business impact to the cost of routing the 
traffic on the Internet?  (I ask with a tone of voice that would 
indicate that I would be surprised if the answer is "yes.")

As someone said earlier, "fees" haven't been given a good thorough 
going over in a long time.
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