[ppml] RIR shopping -- AND MORE

[McBurnett, Jim]

Folks, I hate to say it, but in today's business world if I were to do the 
ROI research on the cost of an IP space with a US ISP and put that against
APIC ARIN and RIPE with the cost of meeting the other RIR requirement, and it was cheaper with 
less hassle than ARIN I would say bye bye ARIN.. 
SO I guess we, as ARIN members, need to pull out heads out of the sand and stop imitating 
an ostrich and get this right.

If we can't stop nitpicking the policies and push forward,
we may see other RIRs get the customers while ARIN falls behind...

Then after saying this I have a flash back from an email someone else sent earlier..
They were discussing the fact that only a few of us even discuss these 
topics on this list and the real work happens at conference..

Well if that is the case- then let's just disband this list.
I know ARIN has quite a few members.. how many receive this list? what is the %?
I look at my ARIN folder and it shows less than 30 that comment on a regular basis..

With this last statement in mind, is it even worth our time to send 50 
emails a day with only 6 people involved? 

anyway just my 10 cents worth, inflation you know...

Jim


Jim McBurnett 
Director of Information Technology 
Mid-South Management Company, Inc. 










> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Woodcock [mailto:woody at pch.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 11:27 PM
> To: McBurnett, Jim
> Cc: Ron da Silva; ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] RIR shopping???
> 
> 
>     > If I disagree with the MicroAllocation policy as it 
> exists with ARIN and I want
>     > a CLASS C from APNIC or RIR, All I have to do is ask 
> APNIC or RIR?
>     > Even if I am in North America?
> 
> Sure, if you're an APNIC or RIPE member, or qualify under one of the
> policies which applies to non-members.  You might want to get 
> an in-region
> P.O. box or use a local office, but that's what people do, yes.
> 
>     > If that is the case, then why are we so picky  over 
> some of the parts of 2002-7?
> 
> That's what I've been asking.
> 
>                                 -Bill
> 
> 
>