[arin-discuss] ipv6 fees in new fee structure

[Owen DeLong]

Yes… Essentially it looks at the bell curve of entities paying fees, then subsidizes those in the middle of the curve by increasing fees for those closer to the edges.

Owen

On Mar 7, 2013, at 3:13 PM, John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:

> On Mar 7, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Wolfpaw - Dale Corse <dale at wolfpaw.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I usually lurk.. but I have to wonder about this new fee structure. Why
>> does ARIN require all these extra funds exactly? 
> 
> Dale - 
> 
>  It's probably worth going through the presentation that I referenced
>  <https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXX/PDF/thursday/curran_fee_schedule.pdf>
>  but the short answer is that the revised fee schedule is actually 
>  revenue neutral, i.e. the total expected revenue is the same as today.
> 
>  The main reason for the change is to smooth out the fee schedule, 
>  introducing categories for smaller ISPs with even lower fees, and 
>  adding several large categories at the top for those holding the
>  largest amount of number resources.  
> 
>  So, no net increase in funds, but recovering the costs of operation
>  more fairly across the entire community.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> /John
> 
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
> 
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