Funding IP Allocations

[Jim Fleming]

On Saturday, May 03, 1997 6:18 PM, Jon Lewis[SMTP:jlewis at inorganic5.fdt.net] wrote:
@ On Sat, 3 May 1997, Michael Dillon wrote:
@ 
<snip "real ISP" experiences>
@ 
@ If anyone's still reading at this point, I'd just like to say again and in
@ public, I'm not oposed to ARIN.  I'm not totally opposed to the fees,
@ though I'm not happy about them.  And I think any organization that pays
@ for an IP block allocation should be given a free membership in ARIN for
@ as long as they hold that block.  i.e. no $1000/year membership fee for
@ organizations that are actively using ARIN allocated space and thus have a
@ greater interest in how ARIN is run.
@ 
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In my opinion, there are many ways to handle
the evolution of IP administration without taxing
the ISPs.

For ISPs and other companies that have a real
vested interest (i.e. money) in this, I suggest that
you contact the National Science Foundation and
ask for copies of all of the communication that
they are now distributing on these issues.

When you receive that information, I think that
you will see that there are plans underway to
make use of the Internet Intellectual Infrastructure
Fund [1] which now has plenty of money.

[1] @@@@ http://rs.internic.net/announcements/iif-update.html

...through October 31, 1996, $8,542,200.00 has been deposited into the account.

...through November 30, 1996, $9,911,000.00 has been deposited into the account.

...through December 31, 1996: $12,685,450.00 has been desposited into the account.

...through January 31, 1997: $15,284,934.00 has been desposited into the account. 

...through February 28, 1997: $17,397,321.00 has been desposited into the account. 

...through March 31, 1997, $20,560,000.00 has been deposited into the account.

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The above money is mostly "commissions" that
should have been paid to ISPs for channeling
domain name registrations to the InterNIC as
sales agents.

This money is intended to help fund additional
Internet Infrastructure. In my opinion, IP allocations
fall in that category.

Now, that does not mean that I think that $20 million
should be given to the two NSI people that are pushing
ARIN. Of course, if you read the NSF reports you
will note that the NSF states that they are working with
NSI to develop a plan for the above money. Once again,
the question has to be asked, "Why does the NSF
only work with NSI and not bring the ISP community
into the planning ? "

--
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
http://www.Unir.Corp

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