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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ** ANNOUNCE -- New RADB Fee Structure **
I just have written (through I am out of this problems) - I can't discuss the fee idea, but any attempt to REMOVE something unpaid can destroy the internet at whole... This days a lot of filters over the world are built from this data bases, and a lot of networks can (simple) forgot to pay... The alternative idea should be to block the future changes for the unpaid objects - at least it's safe and can not destroy the network. Alex. /I am in Russia now, and don't bother about RA-DB fee, but I am bother about the Internet stability/. On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Craig Labovitz wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 23:07:31 -0400 (EDT) > From: Craig Labovitz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: ** ANNOUNCE -- New RADB Fee Structure ** > > > > > RADB Fee Structure > ------------------ > > Since 1995 Merit Network, Inc., has operated the RADB Internet Routing > Registry as a free service to the community. Initial funding for the > service came from the National Science Foundation as part of the > Routing Arbiter project. In recent years, donations from a number of > commercial Internet providers provided continued support for RADB > operations. As Internet Routing Registry technology has matured, the > RADB service has experienced explosive growth. Today, the RADB > database handles well over a million queries a day from several > thousand unique Internet end-sites. > > This growth in RADB usage, including a dramatically increased volume > of email and telephone calls to the RADB help desk, has placed > significant demands on RADB staff and equipment resources. In an > effort to maintain the high level of RADB service as well as encourage > the migration to a distributed database, Merit has implemented the > following RADB fee structure: > > Beginning November 1, 1999, Merit Network, Inc., will begin charging > RADB users a $200 yearly fee per maintainer object registered in the > RADB Internet Routing Registry database. > > Credit card payment must be made by all RADB maintainer object > owners within 60 days. Unpaid maintainer objects and all related objects > will be disabled from the registry. > > Internet providers may register via the web by reading and accepting the > Internet Routing Registry Maintainer Object Agreement, > <https://www.radb.net/radb/agreement.html> and then by supplying > the appropriate payment information. > > > IMPORTANT: The registration fee for Internet providers PEERING with Route > Server Next Generation <http://www.rsng.net> machines at the > PAIX, Mae-East, Mae-West, AADS and PacBell exchange points > is included as part of the RSNG service at these exchanges. > > Providers peering with the RSNG route servers at one or > more of these five exchange points do *NOT* need to submit a > $200 payment for any maintainer objects registered > with their autonomous system number in the RADB. > > > > Alternatives to Registering in the RADB > --------------------------------------- > > As an alternative to the RADB, Internet providers are welcome to > maintain their own local registry. Several groups, including Merit > Network, have recently developed RPSL-capable Internet Routing > Registry database servers. These *FREELY* available IRR server daemons, > including IRRd, provide a simple mechanism for providers to maintain a > mirror of Internet registry data and a local repository of customer > routing information. > > As part of the transition to RPSL and RPS-DIST, Merit now strongly > encourages RADB users to begin operating their own local routing > registries. Merit will continue to freely mirror and permit mirroring > by other local ISP registries. > > For more information on running your own IRR registry, see: > > http://www.irrd.net > http://www.ripe.net/db > http://www.isi.edu/ra > > > As an alternative to the RADB or running a local registry, RADB users > may also choose to register in several alternative IRR > databases. Several providers, including Cable & Wireless and Bell > Canada, offer IRR registration service for their downstream > customers. For a complete list of participating Internet Routing > Registries, please see > http://www.radb.net/list.html. > > > More Information > ---------------- > > For more information, please see the RADB web page at > http://www.radb.net > > Or feel free to send email to [email protected] > > > > > -- > Craig Labovitz > (425) 605-4296 (office) > (425) 936-7329 (fax) > > Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 230-41-41, N 13729 (pager) (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax)
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