Funding IP Allocations

[Jim Fleming]

On Tuesday, May 06, 1997 2:39 AM, David R. Conrad[SMTP:davidc at APNIC.NET] wrote:
@ [cc'd reduced]
@ 
@ Hi,
@ 
@ >is there some reason a small chunk of this money can't be used to
@ >get ARIN started up and financially stable so registration fees can start
@ >out at a reasonable level rather than start high and eventually
@ >(supposedly) get lower?
@ 
@ One concern I've heard expressed is that since the money was not
@ exclusively derived from ARIN service area sources that it would be
@ inappropriate to use that money to promote a service that would be
@ used only for the ARIN service area.
@ 
@ Note that I do not necessarily agree with this reasoning.
@ 

I agree with David. Domain name registration fees
were not just for domain name services. This has
been a recent "spin" developed by people that want
to try to walk off with the lucrative parts of the
InterNIC while leaving the other jobs behind.

This also goes back to the efforts to split IP allocations
and domain name registrations to make sure that
certain people have long-term jobs and do not have
to work with each other.

In my opinion, the Internet is too large and too precious
a resource to be structuring the future agencies based
on individual people's personal goals and personalities
as of 1997. The InterNIC future should also be independent
of companies' plans to cash out with IPOs.

It now appears that the NSF is trying to structure a
situation where something like the InterNIC remains
and is funded with the $20,000,000. This will allow
all of the private parties that want "out" of the InterNIC
to go pursue their agendas in the private sector.

The question still remains about assets. As private
parties depart from the U.S. Government, they may
prefer to quietly take assets with them to launch
their businesses, but this is not allowed by law.

In my opinion, blocks of IPv4 addresses are an asset
and have a known market value. If ARIN intends to use a
/8 block, they should plan on buying it from BBN or
the U.S. Government or someone that is willing to sell
one. If this does not occur, then everyone that wants
a /8 to launch something similar to ARIN will be lined
up at the InterNIC's door, demanding their /8.

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

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