[arin-discuss] [arin-ppml] ARIN as a public interest business

[Martin Hannigan]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:
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> On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:44 PM, mike wrote:
>> I am very unhappy with the price I pay yearly to ARIN.
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> Mr. Ireton:
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> Thank you for bringing this up.  I'm sure someone will chime in to the effect that, because fees are a matter of budget rather than policy, the PPML is not the appropriate place for this conversation.  I hope that if and when they do, they refer us to a venue where we can continue the conversation.
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> In the mean time, I'd be very interested to hear more people's thoughts on the matter.  In general, what I've heard in the past can be grossly summarized as: small providers prefer lower fees and fewer services, while large providers prefer the status-quo or higher fees and more services.
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PPML to BCC, arin-discuss added.


Bill,


Larger providers want fees to stay the same or higher? You're very
wrong about that. Very wrong. Noone wants to pay higher fees,
especially when ARIN has $30 million in cash sitting in the bank not
working for the members in a way that we want it to work for us.


Best,

-M<