ISPs sell (lease) a "virtual product" called an IP address for $10 to $15 per month. ARIN should get one month's revenue on an annual basis. ICANN should get one month's revenue on an annual basis. ==== A /8 is 16,777,216 such products. At an average of $12.50 per month, that is $209,715,200 from the ISP to ARIN each year. ARIN can then pay ICANN $1,7476,267 *each year* for EACH /8. http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space 063/8 ARIN Apr 97 064/8 ARIN Jul 99 065/8 ARIN Jul 00 066/8 ARIN Jul 00 067/8 ARIN May 01 068/8 ARIN Jun 01 069/8 ARIN Aug 02 199/8 ARIN - North America May 93 200/8 ARIN - Central and South America May 93 204/8 ARIN - North America Mar 94 205/8 ARIN - North America Mar 94 206/8 ARIN - North America Apr 95 207/8 ARIN - North America Nov 95 208/8 ARIN - North America Apr 96 209/8 ARIN - North America Jun 96 216/8 ARIN - North America Apr 98 ===== Jim Fleming 2002:[IPv4]:000X:03DB:...IPv8 is closer than you think...IPv16 is even closer... http://www.ietf.com http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt http://ipv8.dyndns.tv http://ipv8.dyns.cx http://ipv8.no-ip.com http://ipv8.no-ip.biz http://ipv8.no-ip.info http://ipv8.myip.us http://ipv8.dyn.ee http://ipv8.community.net.au