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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting (fwd)
> >There is only a small number of services that currently really require > >dedicated IPs. HTTPS and Anonymous FTP. Although, the HTTPS is a concern - > >not that many customers actually use the Anonymous FTP service. We ended up > >offering Anonymous FTP as a premium service (I like to think that this cuts > >down on warez and script kiddie distribution). > > Aha, I was waiting for someone to say that. > > So it's going to be OK to use per-host IP addresses if it's sold as a > "premium" service? So that business model is OK, but not another? What if > we say all of our services are "premium"? What if too many of your > customers start paying you for that "premium" service? Where's the > threshold? Are you more justified in your IP usage because you charge your > customers more for it? > > By what justification does this poorly-thought-out policy interfere with > business models or competitive advantages between hosts? I have never seen ARIN give one hoot about business models, especially when it comes to using more IPs than they think is necessary. Deepak Jain AiNET
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