[ppml] Why should ARIN have to be dictated first by ICANN?

[Jim Fleming]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mury" <mury at goldengate.net>
> 
> > While it may be a good idea to contact holders of large amounts of legacy 
> > IPv4 addresses in the Class A and Class B ranges to see if they will 
> > voluntarily return the space to IANA, this type of thing should not 
> > concern ARIN at this time. This is the sort of activity that should be 
> > coordinated globally and it should be done with the blessing of IANA and 
> > ICANN if it is done at all.
> 
> Hasn't IANA and ICANN basically given ARIN the task of managing IP space?  
> Perhaps I have missed something.  Of course it should have IANA's and
> ICANN's blessing.  Why should ARIN have to be dictated first by ICANN?

Why is this so difficult to understand ?

ISPs sell (lease) a "virtual product" called an IP address for $10 to $15 per month.

ARIN should get one month's revenue on an annual basis.

ICANN should get one month's revenue on an annual basis.
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A /8 is 16,777,216 such products. At an average of $12.50 per month, that is
$209,715,200 from the ISP to ARIN each year.

ARIN can then pay ICANN $1,7476,267 each year for EACH /8.

How many /8s does ARIN have ? Did ARIN get those in a "land grab" ?

http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
063/8           ARIN                                    Apr 97
064/8           ARIN                                    Jul 99
065/8           ARIN                                    Jul 00
066/8           ARIN                                    Jul 00
067/8           ARIN                                    May 01
068/8           ARIN                                    Jun 01
069/8           ARIN                                    Aug 02
199/8           ARIN - North America                    May 93
200/8           ARIN - Central and South America        May 93
204/8           ARIN - North America                    Mar 94
205/8           ARIN - North America                    Mar 94
206/8           ARIN - North America                    Apr 95
207/8           ARIN - North America                    Nov 95
208/8           ARIN - North America                    Apr 96
209/8           ARIN - North America                    Jun 96
216/8           ARIN - North America                    Apr 98
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