[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [GM] Consultation on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024

i can see that the ncc has projected significannt budget risk.  welcome
to the current epoch.  and this is indeed likely exacerbated by the sad
behavior during v4 run-out and its likely consequence over the next
year or three.  we foresaw this the last time we were in rotterdam.

a graded scheme finally admits the realities of the ipv4 market that we
denied for so long.  that it might be a shock is a consequence of that
denial.  such is life.

as we see from the discussion on list, having a step function be coarse
causes pain.  perhaps finer granularity, something closer to the the
per /24 suggestion, would cause less pain, or at least be more fair.

while i have socio-political sympathy for ideas which lighten the load
on (especially smaller) LIRs in weaker economies, this path has waaay
too much and too contentious measurement and judgment to be realistic.

yes, an income statement has an expense side; and that should be looked
at as well.  but i suspect that we all have our favorite babies to
throw out with the bathwater [0].  i will spare you hearing my list.
such a discussion is unlikely to resolve in any reasonable time.

excuse that i am probably too terse as usual and too long at the same
time.  that takes talent :).

randy

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[0] sorry for the idiom.  see
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_throw_the_baby_out_with_the_bathwater