On 11/04/2024 15:38, Mihail Fedorov wrote:
Charging per ASN is even worse than just price increase. It is terrible and killing even more LIRs
Imagine rather new LIR who is trying to do business based on what is LIR intended for - providing LIR services to consumers. For example 30 clients who requested ASN sponsorship during year. If charged per ASN they will pay twice more than huge corporations serving only purpose of their own. Those typically have just 1-2 ASNs and tons of resources attached to it. They are main source of work for RIPE staff and they should be funding expensive projects like Atlas and others.
I fail to understand how charging 50E or even 500E for an ASN would cripple any company. If the ASN fee were to rise and you manage 30 downstream clients - each of which requested an ASN - you simply show them that the actual cost is now 500E and not 50E. If 500E per ASN is enough to cripple a company then perhaps your business model needs to be adjusted. Regards, Hank