Good intent and somewhat competent

[Nathan Soward]

The Innkeeper wrote:
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> > > >Kim I see that it cost a thousand dollars per year to belong to the
> > > >club. Why?  It appears to me also that any address space obtained cost
> > > >money or have I miss read something? Since money is being charged a
> > > >court some where may not agree with the current justifications.
> > > >
> > > Of course, there are always going to be people who may not agree with
> > > the fee policy, regardless of the fee schedule. In fact, there will
> > > most likely be dissenters who vehemently object to any fee whatsoever,
> > > but this doesn't solve the problem of funding an IP Address allocation
> > > registry which can continue to operate effectively.
> > >
> > > No magic here. What exactly is your point?
> > >
> > 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?
>
> Very good point Nathan....The answer is one of my concerns also....How much
> money does it take to fund this thing and where is the extra money
> going...I know that the Name Service was supposed to set aside a portion of
> generated funds for Internet Improvement...At last check this fund was
> $9,000,000 short of what it should contain...Are we going to run into the
> same problems with ARIN?
>
> Stephan R. May, Sr., Manager, Southeastern Online System Services
>                     http://www.sols.net       the_innkeeper at sols.net
> Proud member of the Association of Online Professionals Board of Directors
>                                         http://www.aop.org
What do these people think that we live a vacuum.  I would like to see a
cash flow statement for internic not a profit and loss to much can get
hidden in a P&L or balance sheet.  Follow the cash.

Nathan