[address-policy-wg] Re: Revised 2007-01 set back to Review Phase (Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC)

David,

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 13:38 +0200, David Monosov wrote:

> - Given the diversity of legal systems the RIPE NCC service region,
> the success
> of contractually binding existing resource holders to a new contract
> and fee is
> uncertain, and might be the beginning of a long and expensive exercise
> in futility.

Hm... the only thing fee-related is:

        "Any specific details of possible fees for such End Users are
        also out the scope of this proposal. This needs to be developed
        by the RIPE NCC Board in the same manner that LIR fees are
        proposed and developed."

My take on the fee issue is:

      * The intention of the proposal is to track resources, not to
        collect money. If PI-holders have a contract with an LIR (for
        instance, one of their peers), then there is no fee necessary.
      * PI-holders do place *some* burden on the management of the
        Internet number resources, and so asking them to pay is not bad.

I think that in the ARIN region the fee is $100 a year (about €70) for
allocations like this, which is a trivial amount of money, especially
since (unlike in the ARIN region I think) there is a way to avoid this
cost completely (by using an LIR).

--
Shane