Re: Address space for individuals
- Date: Thu, 19 May 94 13:36:02 IDT
I am very curious to see the minutes of the local-ir meeting since I was
not able to attend. When handing out IP addresses was a few a week we
all handled it on a volunteer basis and everyone was happy. Then we
formed a RIPE and everyone was asked to "fund" the registration process
of IP addresses, domain names, individual names, etc. And we all gladly
pay it. But when I recently posted in regards to our plans to charge
customers for IP address registration I got all sorts of flames. When
the number of requests will start approaching a thousand a month and the
government in your country is not willing to fund the operation of an
Internic out of the generosity of their heart, and the computing center
where you work cannot any longer dedicate you to a fulltime registar position
then something has to give.
As Eric-Jan has brought up, people will soon want home IP numbers and
I foresee the only logical solution will be to simply charge users
a small registration fee. Those that are serious about connecting up
will gladly pay $30-$50 for a class C net. Those that just want to call
up and bother you since it is a currently a free non-discriminating
service will think twice if they have to dig into their 16 year old
wallet and shell out $50.
I would like to see a European/RIPE "recommendation" for costs for:
a) IP address registration
b) domain name registration
c) routing update
Hank
