[arin-ppml] Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2021-8: Deprecation of the ‘Autonomous System Originations’ Field

[John Curran]

On 1 Nov 2022, at 11:10 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com<mailto:owen at delong.com>> wrote:

On Nov 1, 2022, at 19:49, John Curran <jcurran at arin.net<mailto:jcurran at arin.net>> wrote:

You had the option to consolidate to a single billing relationship for all of the resources, but choose not to do so.

I had one ORG-ID and one bill. I didn’t change my contracts and suddenly I was faced with two ORG-IDs and twice the billing.

Owen -

That is correct and not in dispute – because ARIN changed its services & fee structure, you were receiving two distinct bills for two distinct services.

It is your characterization of this situation as “double charging” which is inappropriate, as that phrase is clearly understood in commerce to mean billing an entity twice for a given service.

This did not occur - you were being charged for your legacy resource registration services (capped per agreement) and being charged for your IPv6 registration services – two distinct services with distinct fees and both under your control.   You could continue one service, or both, or neither and your total fees would change accordingly.   At no time where you being charged twice for either service, and hence you should avoid from referring to it as “double charging” unless it is your intent to misrepresent others.

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers

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