[arin-ppml] 2011-1 dissent Was: Re: ARIN-2011-1: ARINInter-RIRTransfers - Last Call

[John Curran]

On Oct 29, 2011, at 12:24 AM, Jimmy Hess wrote:

> Speaking of fees and costs for ARIN.
> Inter RIR transfer results in the IP addresses leaving the scope of
> ARIN management,
> however,  ARIN has to create in its database, an indication that "part
> of this ARIN /8" is no longer managed by ARIN.
> 
> This means that there is a cost to effect the transfer, and a cost to
> keep this entry in ARIN's database. So who pays for the transfer cost?

From: <https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html>:
"ARIN charges $250 USD for each transfer of Internet number resources.  In subsequent years, ARIN charges a consolidated $100 USD maintenance fee for all of the resources held by an organization (per OrgID), unless the organization also has an allocation, whereas the maintenance fee does not apply."

> Does ARIN plan to charge a special fee to request an Inter-RIR
> transfer, and a recurring maintenance fee to maintain the RIR
> reassignment,  or will the ARIN resource holders bear the ongoing cost
> of transfers and maintaining database information  through their
> annual maintenance charges?

The RIRs already have to track many such "holes" in the IPv4 /8s, 
and coordinate with other RIRs regarding registration and reverse
DNS services. We do not intend to change ongoing maintenance fees
for resources registered transferred into another RIR region.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN