Cost of IP blocks (Non-issue)

[Jay Vassos-Libove]

Paul Ferguson correctly pointed out:
> One issue which you may not be aware of, is that the allocation-based
> fees only apply to organizations which obtain their IP address allocations
> directly from ARIN; as per RFC2050, organizations should always be obtaining
> their addresses from their upstream provider(s) & will be virtually unaffected
> by this proposal.

It is true that the cost of e.g. a Class C block to an end-user, from an
IP address reseller who got an e.g. /19 block of addresses from ARIN would
only need to be ~$80/yr to cover the 1/32 of the /19 block.  (Even if I'm
off by a bit, $160/yr is still not much).

My real concern is with the cost of interested parties having their say in
the ARIN organization, not with the cost of IP space.

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