North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: 206.82.160.0/22
> there will be a cost associated with requesting address space: US > $10,000/year for Large ISPs ... US $2,500/year for Small ISPs ... > >> The category is self-determined by the organization. > > Everyone's going to classify themselves as the smallest, then... dunno about that - you are talking about rational behaviour vs Pride and Vanity. I'll back P & V any day! > Such an approach is perhaps not as clean as charging for IP address > space directly, but it does seem to be a reasonable compromise given > political and theological constraints. ... Note that you should stress > charging for registration services as opposed to charing for address > space. The latter is a political minefield that will simply muddy the > waters. > > If you vary your charge based on the size of the organization, how do you > justify that in terms of what it takes you in internal resources? Surely a > registration of a small ISP takes as much time/etc as a large one? > > I understand your hesitancy about the "charging for addresses" issue, but > trying to effectively charge for addresses based on something nebulous like a > varying registration fee based on organization size just isn't going to pass > the "quack" test. People will see right through it... Heck, I don't mind > charging for addresses, they are a limited resource. Use the money to fund > IETF work. Noel - you are reacting as a rational human being - the ISP world doesn't necessarily act in that way! Geoff
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