On one hand, I would still be inclined to say that if 1400 EUR per year is a matter of life and death for one's business, they're probably doing something wrong; on the other, I can't help but agree that this *can* be a lot of money for someone who just wanted to run an ISP for their small town and a couple villages around it and remain independent from the bigger fish
Hi, Rmiqiusz Marcinkiewicz wrote: like their national ISP, but just happens to live in the middle of nowhere within a former Soviet republic or something like that. In fact i am such a small company (only me and myself). The RIPE fee is already more than 60% of all my years expenses of my business. If there is any discount that can apply to small companies or a fee based on revenue would be a much better position for me. Also if my reveived IPv4 net is already fully used i would never be able to get other IPv4 addresses anymore as i cannot afford to buy ip addresses on the market neither i am allowed to officially receive more from RIPE. A real issue that can prevent the competition against other companies. Rgds. Michael