On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Aleph One wrote:
I for one like the idea of ARIN. It's the pricing structure that is compleatly wrong. The structure will create a market for companies to "lease" large quantities for address space from ARIN, and then "sublease" them cheaper than ARIN it self. You may claim you can not sell address space but we have all seen it happen.
I'm not claiming that ARIN is perfect and that it will instantly solve all problems. But I do believe that it will be far more responsive to the industry than the Internic could be. And if enough ISP's join ARIN and come up with a better funding/pricing scheme then I believe it *CAN* be implemented. The fundamental feature of ARIN is that it will be responsive to the needs of those organizations who use IP address space. It's just a first step in the right direction, not the ultimate goal. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com