[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2008-7: Identify Invalid WHOIS POC’s

[David Farmer]

On 2 Apr 2009 William Herrin wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Member Services <info at arin.net> wrote:
> > Draft Policy 2008-7
> > Identify Invalid WHOIS POC´s
> 
> Here's a very partial and very rough cost estimate on implementing
> this proposal:
> 
> Let's assume it takes me 5 minutes to scan the email, recognize that
> its the annual game of tag, find the instructions in the message,
> follow the instructions to certify my POC record is still valid and
> then get my mind back in the game for what I was working on before the
> interruption.
> 
> 5 minutes per contact * 223,000 POCs / 60 minutes per hour = 18,600 man-hours.
> 
> Most of your POCs earn between $30 and $70 per hour with a median
> around $50. That's just what it costs for someone in North America who
> is competent to perform deep technical work of this nature. Time value
> to a company is typically 3 times or more what an employee is paid.
> So, figure that those typically hours "cost" the organizations $150
> each.
> 
> $150 per hour * 18,600 hours per year = $2,800,000 per year.

Is that just a fun fact or are you arguing against the proposal?

In case you are arguing against the proposal, I will point out 
that many people are properly managing their POC data and 
already probably taking that 5 minutes to verify their POC data 
and other whois info on a regular basis already.  

So, I would argue this is not a new cost for many, only for 
those not actually properly maintaining their data.  So while 
there is a cost I suspect most of the new cost is falling on 
those that are not being good netizens anyway.  Therefore, 
they are probably pushing costs on to others who may have a 
hard time contacting them or getting issues dealt with in a 
timely manner.