Let us all bend over, apply the Vaseline...

[Bob Atkins]

> On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Bob Atkins wrote:
> 
> > Today it will be $2500, which I already consider ridiculously high.
> > 
> > Tomorrow what will it be? 
> 
> Judging by the precedent of RIPE and APNIC, the fee will drop in the
> second year. My estimat is that it will fall to between $1900 and $2100
> in the second year and then fall to around $1800 in the third year.
> 

Ha! Wishfull thinking. I sincerely doubt that ARIN will ever reduce the
fees but I am confident that they will probably increase.  A monopoly,
whether non-profit or for-profit has *absolutely* no incentive to lower
prices *or* reduce their backend costs. They have a captive market and
no other authority to hold them accountable.

> > The idea of paying such a high recurring cost for IP space is absurd
> > and only goes to justify a bloated $3M annual budget.
> 
> The companies who will be paying these fees will have annual budgets that
> are larger than ARIN's. They can afford it.
> 

You just made the point that I am trying to make. ARIN will serve to
squash smaller ISPs.

> > I'm not suggesting that the IP registery remain with NSI either.
> 
> So why don't you put in a bid for it then. Please submit full details of
> capital and other expenses for the first year of operation in a form
> that can be verified by the members of this list. 
> 

I may very well do this however, since it isn't likely receive any serious
consideration I can't say it will be on the top of my priority list.

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