Value of telephone numbers

[Jeff Williams]

Chris,

Chris A. Icide wrote:
> 
> 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.

  Very true.  Glad someone finnaly brought this point up!  >;)
I was wondering when this was going to come up.
> 
> 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.

  Yep!
> 
> Chris A. Icide
> Nap.Net, L.L.C.
> 
> ----------
> 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

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Eng. Group. IEG. INC. 
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