All, Just slightly off topic, but I got this from someone earlier in the year, on the US side of the pond, regarding some /24's that were needing to be located - "We had basically rented these two /24’s to them several years ago, but our cost to have these registered w/ARIN now is $4,410/year. So we will either need to xfer these or sell them before April." So, to me those charges look way higher that what I'd be paying. Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Jeroen Massar via members-discuss <members-discuss@ripe.net> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2026 1:17 PM To: Michal Krajčírovič <michal@krajcirovic.cz> Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net Subject: [members-discuss] Re: RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Proposals Announced
On 25 Apr 2026, at 13:34, Michal Krajčírovič via members-discuss <members-discuss@ripe.net> wrote: [..] Let’s have a serious discussion: why are RIPE fees several times higher than, for example, ARIN’s, and why does RIPE need more than one fifth of its current headcount at all?
Please do check the actual ARIN budget[1], how many people work there and how it is spent. Then check the RIPE budget[2], check the same. Then check how much members pay in ARIN and how much they would pay in RIPE for the 30k/year categories and which entities it are. Do you see those entities complain? Nope, as eh, it is more a waste of their time to discuss this than that number. Now you have done that, can you retract the above message? :) Also note that many of the larger resource holders where involved in the committee that came up with the proposal. Also, see the budget: we are getting soooooooooo much more from RIPE NCC for about the same amount of money that ARIN has (and charges to their members). Kudos to the awesome people at the RIPE NCC. Regards, Jeroen For your convience: [1] https://www.arin.net/about/corporate/planning/ [2] https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-850/ => https://www.ripe.net/documents/4184/ripe-850.pdf 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://my.ripe.net/#/account-details. Scroll down to Membership Mailing Lists to update your 'members-discuss' subscription. Having issues unsubscribing? More information about managing your subscription can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/s/members-discuss-subscription-options/ Unless otherwise stated, this email has been sent from Fujitsu Services Limited (registered in England No 96056); Fujitsu EMEA PLC (registered in England No 2216100) both with registered offices at: Lovelace Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8SN; PFU (EMEA) Limited, (registered in England No 1578652) registered offices at: Belmont, Belmont Road, Uxbridge, England, UB8 1HE and Fujitsu Research of Europe Ltd (registered in England No. 4153469) 4th Floor, Building 3, Hyde Park Hayes, 11 Millington Road, Hayes, UB3 4AZ. This email is only for the use of its intended recipient. Its contents are subject to a duty of confidence and may be privileged. Fujitsu does not guarantee that this email has not been intercepted and amended or that it is virus-free.