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[Michael Dillon]

Some of you may be interested in reading a report released April 15th by
Industry Canada entitled "Repatriate Internet Protocol Registration - A
Feasibility Report" 

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/dec/wwwfetch?/sgml/it03371e_pr115.sgml

A brief quote from the executive summary follows:

   The report finds that the economic cost of a Canadian IP registry would
   be high. Construction, or set-up costs would exceed $100,000, while the
   registry would probably suffer an operating loss, after deduction of
   fees to its users, of approximately $400,000 in its first year of
   operation.  These costs would need to be absorbed by the Canadian ISPs,
   or passed on to customers. 


Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael at memra.com

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       -- Randy Bush