[ppml] SPAM-WARN:Re: ARIN IP conservation and FREE IP Addresses

[Michael Thomas - Mathbox]

Owen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen at delong.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:06 PM
> To: Michael Thomas - Mathbox
> Cc: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: SPAM-WARN:Re: [ppml] ARIN IP conservation and FREE 
> IP Addresses
> 
> 
> On Oct 6, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Michael Thomas - Mathbox wrote:
> 
> > On the ARIN web site at:
> > http://www.arin.net/billing/fee_schedule.html#ipv4_alloc
> >
> > The price for an X-large allocation (blocks larger than /14, I.E.  
> > a /13
> > qualifies) is $18,000.00. That is the top fee for IP addresses. If  
> > the same
> > ARIN subscriber needs more IP addresses, up to and including  
> > another /13 or
> > more, there is no additional charge. No additonal charge! Free! I  
> > have two
> > issues with this fee structure.
> >
> These fees are not for IP addresses.  The fees are for ARIN  
> Subscriber Membership.
> The total number of IP addresses you hold is used as an abstraction  
> for classifying
> your membership.
> 
> For someone who holds a /20, the next /20 is technically free, too.   
> Regardless of
> the increments in which it comes.  For someone who holds a /19+, it  
> doesn't cost
> any more until they need more than a /16.

True. But there is also a tier above them. So, until the subscriber reaches
the /13 level, there is always increased costs. Once you reach the /13
level, there is no additional cost.

> This is standard tiered pricing and it's a way to simplify the  
> pricing structure so that
> the cost of computing a bill does not increase the amount of money  
> that needs
> to be collected.

I am certainly not suggesting that ARIN should not have tiered pricing. It
does simplify billing. However, there is a large difference between:

1 IP $.10
10 IP $1.00
100 IP $10.00

And

1 IP $1.00
10 IP $4.00
100 IP $10.00

> 
> Owen

You confuse tiered pricing with tiered discounts.

Michael Thomas
Mathbox
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