Re: IPv4 address exchange

[Benson Schliesser <bensons () queuefull net>]

On Apr 19, 2011, at 2:56 PM, David Conrad wrote:

> On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
> > Are you saying there are people who advocate creating a new ecosystem
> > of service providers for supplying several things that the RIRs
> > exclusively supply today?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Sign me up.  As a vendor.  I'd love to over-charge for the dead simple
> > task of using an API to push DNS delegation updates to the IN-ADDR
> > servers, and running a whois server.
>
> My guess is that lacking a monopoly, if you over-charge you won't have many customers.

Meanwhile, under the current system, ARIN has managed to accumulate a >$25M cash reserve despite an increasing budget. 
(see https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXVII/PDF/Wednesday/andersen_treasurer.pdf)

Cheers,
-Benson