25 Jul
2012
25 Jul
'12
4:07 a.m.
"count" of ip's within a block - no, it's back to them being a "commodity" (altering the tax status) This is wrong and leads to misinformation. Until last year RIPE membership had a cost depending on a class model (large, small, extra large, etc), which on its behalf depended on the number of allocated resources.
*number* of resources, not *size* of resources So thank you for confirming my point:p If the charging switches to per-IP then they become "product" or "stock" or "items" or similar, and have a value, and that WILL change the tax-status of RIPE - which at current levels, will mean 25% tax which *WILL* have to be taken from members in fees So, hands up who wants a 25% price hike ? Rob