On Fri, 20 May 94 17:32:13 BST you said:
One point I'd suggest though -- I don't believe it would be realistic to expect a uniform charge across Europe. As with everything else in life, costs will vary from country to country. One discussion point will be whether one wants the idea of free competition across Europe, with customers "shopping around" (the Maastricht ideal, I suppose), or a situation where customers aren't "allowed" to apply in other than their own country (ie regulation, or a cartel, depending on your view.) If the latter then there's an interesting consequence of what to do if a one country's Last Resort Registry starts charging unreasonably high prices ... this is a problem that hasn't been solved yet in the well known area of line provision!
Imagine the havoc it would play on CIDR if everyone shopped around to save a few ECUs on an IP address. RIPE could come out with a recommendation range, i.e. $10-$30 per class C.
Could be an interesting discussion....
Bob Day
Hank Nussbacher