[arin-ppml] LRSA v3.0 . MWE revised 8-16-11 (Comment)

[John Curran]

On Oct 28, 2011, at 1:13 AM, William Herrin wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Mr. James W. Laferriere
> <babydr at baby-dragons.com> wrote:
>> 4. FEES; PAYMENTS
>> (b) Applicable Fees, Legacy Holder shall be required to pay ARIN the
>> currently applicable "Annual Legacy Maintenance Fee" as described in this
>> Section 4(b). The Annual Legacy Maintenance Fee pursuant to this Legacy
>> Agreement shall initially be $300 per year until January 1, 2013. [...]
>> (i) the Annual Legacy Maintenance Fee cannot exceed the annual
>> maintenance fee charged to comparable non-legacy holders for the maintenance
>> service as set forth in the Standard Fee Schedule for comparable number
>> resources,
> 
> I'm a little confused. The legacy maintenance fee is $300/year but for
> end users not more than the end user maintenance fee (currently
> $100/year)?
> 
> Which governs? Or is an increase in the end-user fee anticipated?

A legacy fee increase is anticipated in conjunction with the new 
LRSA.  We've been discussing simultaneously trying to lower the 
registration fees for those under RSA to match for organizations 
with similar address holdings.

At present, those with resources under RSA pay significantly more
than those under LRSA.  We've lowered fees for those under RSA 
several times, but there's no way we can responsibly get everyone
to a $100/year registration services fee base.  Those currently 
under earlier LRSA's cannot have their fees increased more than 
$25/year, so we likely would move them slowly up to match as well.  
This is all based on my best estimate; as fees are set by the 
ARIN Board, this outlook is subject to change.

Hope this helps,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN