Good intent and somewhat competent

[Paul Ferguson]

At 11:07 AM 1/19/97 -0500, Nathan Soward wrote:

>My point is why should it cost so much to belong?  Paul you seem to have
>an understanding of the costs involved here.  Could you share with me
>how much money would be generated per year at the proposed level and the
>current number of addresses allocated.  Maybe I have nothing to talk
>about.  At the current pricing for Name Service $100.00 X 80,000 (domain
>names per month MSNBC) per month equals $8,000,000 per month times 12
>months equal $96,000,000 per year how much money does it take to fund
>one of these things?
>

My understanding of the costs involved are in no way intimate

Let's see. For starters, staff salaries, computers, networking equipment,
recurring monthly fees for connectivity & telecommunications, recurring
monthly fees for office space [lease], maintenance & development of
registry resources. This is just off the top of my head. I imagine it
could get expensive pretty quick.

Also, let's not compare ARIN to fees for domain name registry services;
as has been stated on more than one occasion, these two issues must be
completely decoupled.

- paul