[address-policy-wg] the cost of PI space
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Hank Nussbacher
hank at efes.iucc.ac.il
Fri Apr 15 15:06:09 CEST 2011
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 14:40, Denesh Bhabuta <db-ml at cyberstrider.net> wrote: > >> You mention you are a volunteer in a non-profit organisation. I honestly >> salute you. However, if you were to charge for your time, how much would the >> organisation have to pay you? > > This is an excellent argument in favor of lowering costs for NFPs, not > against it. I wonder whether your organization has approached the electric company in order to receive a NPO discount. -Hank > > But as this is a moral, not a factual, question, it's probably not too > much use arguing the point. > > >> In the same way, whatever resource is being used via RIPE, is a cost to the >> NCC and that needs to be paid somehow. If it does not come from the PI >> crowd, then it will come from the membership. That is the 'bill' that Jim is >> referring to. > > Realistically speaking, there is not much in actual additional costs > other than the time to support requests. > > This could or could not be reflected in the distribution and cut-off > limits of the LIR sizing which, in turn, can be influenced and decided > upon by the RIPE community. > > > I am not saying that this should be done. I am merely stating that > this could make sense and that it's not as clear-cut as you seem to > make it appear. > > > Richard >
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