Re: Non-profit IP Registry

["David R. Conrad" <davidc () apnic net>]

David,

ISPs in Asia, the Pacific Rim, Europe, the Middle East, and Northern
Africa pay similar fees for allocation services from APNIC or RIPE-NCC
and most of these regions are growing faster than the US.  Further,
small businesses should *NOT* be obtaining addresses from a regional
registry directly -- they should be obtaining them from their provider.

Regards,
-drc
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>       While I admit it is not completely clear reading the proposal
>       outlined on the web page at http://rs.internic.net/arin, charging
>       $2,500 for a /24 will *kill* the small business market, and the
>       ISPs that exist to service that market.  Most of the associations
>       and small businesses we deal with choke when thay have to pay $750
>       for a router to handle their dedicated Internet connection.  Added
>       to the fact that the LECs want to charge per minute charges for 
>       POTS lines used for dedicated dial-up, a $2,500 IP address charge
>       will guarantee that the small business portion of the market will
>       disappear.  We all depend on the net for a living folks -- I don't
>       think we should consider any proposal that would have a negative
>       effect on our own industry.
>
>       Dave Stoddard
>       US Net Incorporated
>       301-572-5926
>       dgs () us net
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