19 Apr
2011
19 Apr
'11
4:14 p.m.
On Apr 19, 2011, at 2:56 PM, David Conrad wrote:
On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
Are you saying there are people who advocate creating a new ecosystem of service providers for supplying several things that the RIRs exclusively supply today?
Yes.
Sign me up. As a vendor. I'd love to over-charge for the dead simple task of using an API to push DNS delegation updates to the IN-ADDR servers, and running a whois server.
My guess is that lacking a monopoly, if you over-charge you won't have many customers.
Meanwhile, under the current system, ARIN has managed to accumulate a >$25M cash reserve despite an increasing budget. (see https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXVII/PDF/Wednesday/a...) Cheers, -Benson