Proposals for IP Address fees

[Jim Fleming]

On Thursday, January 16, 1997 9:17 PM, Chuck Goes[SMTP:chuck at digiplay.com] wrote:
@ I have just been advised about the proposals to charge fees for blocks
@ of IP Addresses. As a small ISP, this would be an intolerable burdon on
@ my small business. I would be forced to increase my fees dramatically to
@ cover this increased cost. Meanwhile, some of the larger providers would
@ be able to eat this cost and therefore not have to increase their fees.
@ This will eventually put me out of business.
@
@ And to what benefit will these fees go for?  What is the cost that they
@ are covering? This I do not understand.
@
@ Bottom line, I am very much apposed to this proposal.
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@ Chuck Goes                                Digital Interplay, Inc.
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If you become an IP Address Registry, then you can obtain
your own blocks and lease parts of those blocks to people
or companies not directly involved in the Internet infrastructure.

This can become a profit center rather than a cost center...

--
Jim Fleming
UNETY Systems, Inc.
Naperville, IL

e-mail:
JimFleming at unety.net
JimFleming at unety.net.s0.g0 (EDNS/IPv8)