----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallam" <CHallam@sdlintl.com>
While it would be interesting to know the sum paid by the RIPE NCC to ICANN, as outlined in the document below, the matter is already under focus, and the remaining 50% of the contribution is not going to be paid unless the Executive Board says otherwise.
Why would that be an acceptable solution ? What happens if the LIRs all decide that they will not pay ? What happens if the subscribers decide that they will not pay ? What happens if the LIRs decide to deal directly with ICANN ? An LIR should easily be able to get some /8s to lease. Why are only certain companies allowed to be ICANN customers ? Do all of these companies pay the same for their /8s ? http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space 003/8 May 94 General Electric Company 004/8 Dec 92 Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. 005/8 Jul 95 IANA - Reserved 006/8 Feb 94 Army Information Systems Center 007/8 Apr 95 IANA - Reserved 008/8 Dec 92 Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. 009/8 Aug 92 IBM 010/8 Jun 95 IANA - Private Use See [RFC1918] 011/8 May 93 DoD Intel Information Systems 012/8 Jun 95 AT&T Bell Laboratories 013/8 Sep 91 Xerox Corporation 014/8 Jun 91 IANA - Public Data Network 015/8 Jul 94 Hewlett-Packard Company 016/8 Nov 94 Digital Equipment Corporation 017/8 Jul 92 Apple Computer Inc. =====