28 Apr
2015
28 Apr
'15
4:15 p.m.
On 28/04/15 13:02, Alex Le Heux wrote:
Alternatively, members could petition the RIPE NCC board to raise the New LIR sign-up fee to 10 or 15 times the current level. That should stop this in its tracks as well and would still not be a huge barrier to new entrants.
Hi Alex, Is this really a solution??? I am quite convinced that this will also stop _a lot_ of legitimate companies from becoming LIRs.. RIPE region covers area with very different economical landscapes. €20,000 (or even €30,000) is not a small sum for a start-up in the "rich" side of the region, at the same time it is very prohibitive sum not only for start-up on the "not so rich" side. Just my 2c. -- Sergiusz Paprzycki