Value of telephone numbers

[Fox, Thomas L.]

I guess you could make a valid argument that the "value"
of the addresses is determined by their maintenance/route-ability.

Price, however, is determined by simple supply and demand.


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From: 	Chris A. Icide[SMTP:chris at nap.net]
Sent: 	Monday, June 30, 1997 10:13 AM
To: 	'karl at CAVEBEAR.COM'; naipr at arin.net; 'Fox, Thomas L.'
Subject: 	RE: Value of telephone numbers

Is it so difficult to see that the fees, etc. that will be collected by ARIN
are for recovery of the costs required to maintain an address registry?
The value is not in the addresses, the value is in the maintenance of
a registry that all members of the Internet recognize.  Without either
the registry or the recoginition of said registry, the addresses are
worthless.

Therefore, what members and users of ARIN are paying for is not a
block or blocks of IP addresses, but the guarantee that the addresses
that you do have are recognized by the Internet community and thus
usable.

Chris A. Icide
Nap.Net, L.L.C.

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From: 	Fox, Thomas L.[SMTP:tfox at FOXBERRY.COM]
Sent: 	Monday, June 30, 1997 6:49 AM
To: 	naipr at arin.net; 'karl at CAVEBEAR.COM'
Subject: 	OT: Value of telephone numbers

Let me comment on just this one part:


>For example, if I have a lease on office space at a rate below current
>market rates and you have the right to sublet,then I have a valuable asset
>that needs to be listed.
>
>The reason that one typically doesn't report assets like the right to use
>a phone number is that the value is generally accepted to be too small to
>be of concern.

Many business carry their phone numbers on the books as an asset,
especially older, more established ones -- there is a value to having
a telephone number that is easily recognizable and memorable.
Anyone call 1-800-Flowers lately?

--tlf