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Re: IPv4 address exchange
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons () queuefull net>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:16:21 -0500
On Apr 19, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Benson Schliesser <bensons () queuefull net> wrote: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)... Is your problem that ARIN spends its money poorly? I believe it does in some ways, but the community generally does not care enough to try to improve this. I questioned ARIN's travel budget a few years ago and was essentially flamed for doing so.
I might agree that ARIN wastes money, but that wasn't my point. The context of my comment was your original message, which argued that a competitive registry system would enable vendors to "over-charge". Without defining what an optimal cost might be, my comment was intended to show that our current baseline already results in a surplus. And I agree with DRC's comment that competition might improve / optimize costs, rather than inflate them. Cheers, -Benson
Current thread:
- Re: IPv4 address exchange, (continued)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange John Curran (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Jeff Wheeler (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange John Curran (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Jeff Wheeler (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange David Conrad (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange John Curran (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange David Conrad (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Benson Schliesser (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Jeff Wheeler (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Jeffrey Lyon (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Benson Schliesser (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Jeff Wheeler (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Benson Schliesser (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange John Curran (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange Suresh Ramasubramanian (Apr 19)
- Re: IPv4 address exchange John Curran (Apr 19)