On Apr 19, 2011, at 4:45 PM, David Conrad wrote:
Given ARIN's STLS, it would seem even ARIN has the 'right perspective' to see the "up$ide".
To be clear, the listing service is simply so that those who want to be contacted because they need address space can identify themselves, along with those who might have some available, or parties that want to act as a broker. ARIN serves non of these roles, doesn't match up parties, and charges a minimal fee ($100) for those who wish to make use of it. Note that providing it for free would have put the cost burden unfairly on the rest of the ARIN community, so we charge. This doesn't compare in the least to parties that wish to introduce unspecified changes to the global Internet number registry system under the theory of unstated benefits for the community, while also serving to directly financially benefit. There may be nothing wrong with that, per se, but those in the community asking for the changes and perceived benefits to be more clearly stated are being quite reasonable under the circumstances. /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN