--On 18 September 2006 17:58 +0200 Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:
The problem with the current scheme is that it's a one-time fee, payable only in the year of PI assignment (!), and after that, the PI is free.
This is important given that there *is* an ongoing cost of PI space (e.g. operating the databases which say who's been allocated what), and this is set to increase if anything, with the plans to digitally sign allocations/assignments in order to increase the security of the routing system (e.g. sBGP). I find myself more in favour of having to "lease" number resources, as long as the cost is reasonable (and we can see to that because of the "bottom-up" process that exists), rather than "buy" them. This will, if anything, help with resource reclamation and re-cycling in the longer term. Regards, Mike -- Mike Hughes Chief Technical Officer London Internet Exchange mike@linx.net http://www.linx.net/