Re: Non-profit IP Registry

["Eric D. Madison" <madison () acsi net>]

Two questions come to mind with this:

One:
   How will portable/non-portable address space be effected.  Does the mean
that if I have non-portable address space, I can charge customers for
address space, and if it is portable, they have to pay $2500 per /24 to
have it registered to them?

Two:
   If an entity has address space already and does not require more space,
do they have to pay the fee or is this going to be grandfather claused?  I
know with domain names it was not that way, but that is only 50 bucks,
$2500 or more could put a lot of business off the net.


I guess this will make the routing table size come to a sudden and
screaching halt!

Eric



At 09:57 PM 1/2/97 -0500, Kim Hubbard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently, there has been discussion concerning the need to keep IP issues
> separate from domain issues.  The stability of the Internet in part relies
> on the careful management of the Internet Protocol addresses.
>
> The point has also been made that the management of the IP space should
> be put in the hands of those that depend on it - the users.  Whether
> those users are ISPs, corporate entities, universities, etc., they
> should all play a role.
>
> To this end, Network Solutions, Inc. plans to create and initially fund
> a non-profit 501(c)6 organization to be known as The American Registry
> for Internet Numbers (ARIN) to manage the IP address space for the
> territories it currently administers, similar to the APNIC and RIPE
> regional IP registries.  This organization will be a non-profit
> spin-off of the current InterNIC IP group.
>
> Network Solutions, Inc. will initially fund ARIN until fees are imposed 
> and will offer continued financing until such time as it is a stable,
> self-sufficient entity capable of funding itself through its membership
> dues, registration and maintenance fees.
>
> Details on the proposed organizational structure and 1997 funding
> model are located at http://rs.internic.net/arin.
>
> Questions regarding the proposal will be answered on the ARIN mailing
> list.  To subscribe, send mail to:
>
>       listserv () internic net
>
>       with "subscribe naipr" in the body along with your first and
>         last name.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Kim Hubbard
> InterNIC Registry
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