Stephen Sprunk wrote:
If ARIN were truly a registry, they would charge by the prefix, not by the address, and said fees would only be incurred when a change was made. ARIN's fee structure clearly has far more in common with a landlord than with a title clerk. If it walks and talks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
We are having this issue with RIPE in the EU, where fees increased by 50% last year - with no justification other than 'we need it'. So, unlike the rest of the IT universe, making cut backs and economising, they are continuing to support their own gravy train in the hope that their membership doesn't notice. I think the 50% increase was noticed; now all we have to do is get to the (not co-located with any other practical meeting in an obscure location) AGM where budgets are voted on. Peter