On Thu, 24 Feb 94 12:30:10 +0000 you said:
Hank I don't know whether we're in a similar position here, except that I understand what you're saying and have a lot of sympathy for your proposal.
I'd make one suggestion about the tariffs you mention. In addition to once-off charges, there should be recurrent charges. These would be planned to cover ongoing maintenance costs. They would also encourage customers to use the resource prudently. These charges should be small but noticeable.
For example, if an organisation is paying $yy a year for the use of a Class C network, then it will be quick to hand it back when it no longer needs it for any reason.
Perhaps you meant that the charges proposed by recurrent. If so, sorry for wasting the time of the list.
No, I am totally against recurrent charges. I don't feel that the nature of registration (IP, domains, etc.) at the present time is one that is dynamic. You get an IP net and you keep it. I just don't see people handing back class C nets after having paid for them just because we charge for them a small yearly maintenance fee. Routing updates might be dynamic but I would suggest to price the one-time cost to cover 3 years of updates rather than send a customer a bill for $10-$30 per year for "routing update maintenance".
Cheers.
Mike
Hank