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

[Mury]

Jim,

Do you actually read people's messages and try to give a relevant
response, or do you have a fortune type program running that just replies
back with a snipet from your vault of information?

Mury

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Jim Fleming wrote:

> ----- 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.
> ====
> 
> 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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