[arin-discuss] ipv6 fees in new fee structure

[Chris J. Norman]

I would just like to through my opinion into the mix,

We are a very small ISP, with a limited budget, however I find ARIN's fees to be more than reasonable, during our setup the assistance from ARIN and services ARIN supplied were invaluable, prices rise, that is an inevitable fact.

I whole heartedly support ARIN fee structure, we are really not talking about a massive increase here. The amount of hours discussing this subject are have probably cost 'us' more than the price increase.


Kindest Regards,

Chris J. Norman
Chief Technology Officer
Tel  (902) 365-3132  Fax  (902) 365-3121 ARIN:CJN-ARIN





-----Original Message-----
From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of John Curran
Sent: March 7, 2013 6:27 PM
To: Jawaid Bazyar
Cc: arin-discuss at arin.net
Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] ipv6 fees in new fee structure

On Mar 7, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Jawaid Bazyar <Jawaid.Bazyar at forethought.net> wrote:

> This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard (this week, anyway).
> 
> ARIN has a policy that says: The smallest block you can get is a /32, and it costs $2250.
> 
> Then they have a stroke or something, and decide that the smallest block is now a /36, force a retroactive change on providers, insist that they return the block and re-number, or alternative, you can pay us boatloads of additional money just because we changed our mind.

Jawaid - 

  The ability for providers to get a smaller block (e.g. /36) happened
  more than a year ago (via implementation of Draft Policy ARIN-2011-3)
  and is independent of the revised fee schedule.

  The revised fee schedule for someone with /32 of IPv6 is actually lower
  under the new fees ($2000/year vs $2250), or it would be if not for the
  fact that the prior $2250 annual fee has benefitted from 25% discount
  that has been effect for several years (i.e., net result was $1688/yr).

  The revised fee schedule does result in some members seeing higher fees,
  but it results in lower fees for the majority and _consistent_ fees for
  everyone.  A presentation to the members covering this in detail was
  made at the last member's meeting and is available here:
  <https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXX/PDF/thursday/curran_fee_schedule.pdf>

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN


   
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