Reject the NAIPR

[Paul Ferguson]

At 12:59 AM 1/19/97 -0800, Michael Dillon wrote:

>It has been pointed out that the ARIN fees would amount to something like
>$20 per year by the time they trickle down to the small ISP's. I can't see
>that having much effect on them getting started. In fact, I've seen some
>accounts of very small ISP's starting up recently in Australia where the
>similar pricing structure for IP adresses is already in place, so that
>appears to indicate that these prices are not a disincentive for small
>ISP's to start up.
>

Indeed. In fact, current InterNIC customers are on the 'IP Address
Allocation Free Lunch Program'; the registries in Europe (RIPE-NCC)
and Asia (APNIC) have had similar funding models already in place for
some time now. And the growth in Asia certainly has not been dampened.

- paul