If the rental and selling of IP Space should not be taken into account, then it should not be allowed in the first place. Because we are able to rent out or sell them, they have a value thus making the flat ripe fees 'feel' unfair Sander ________________________________ From: Simon Lockhart <simon@slimey.org> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:24 To: sdy@a-n-t.ru <sdy@a-n-t.ru> Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net> Subject: [members-discuss] Re: RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Proposals Announced When will you get into your head that this isn't about rental of IPv4 address space (the model you seem to be pushing), but rather about modelling how the costs for a database (and community resource) provider should be apportioned amongst its members. One /8 takes up as much space in a database (1 row) as a /24 (1 row). Simon On Wed Apr 22, 2026 at 09:13:37PM +0300, sdy@a-n-t.ru wrote:
It's very simple! The "wonderful" developers group of the price list decided that those who have 5-20 thousand IP addresses and who already lack them catastrophically will pay for the owners of a millions IP addresses. It's called GREAT FRAUD! This is absolutely unacceptable. To unsubscribe or manage your subscription, log in to the LIR Portal with your RIPE NCC Access account and go to the LIR Account page: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy.ripe.net%2F%23%2Faccount-details&data=05%7C02%7Csander.klein%40vitecsoftware.com%7C8c269dd512ed4f6d882c08dea11c0c28%7Cc475547b838949bd88473c0ef0b9e181%7C0%7C0%7C639125338997034082%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=d7atf5jGKgbpSvuNnF6ZOX1QoSeBy%2BnWkdXu1GmSrDI%3D&reserved=0<https://my.ripe.net/#/account-details>.
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