Tom -
It’s an artifact of our formation that we are presently providing services to any customers absent any agreement
and while ARIN continues to do so (by providing basic services to legacy customers), the long-term direction is
to provide the same services to all customers under the same agreement and fees – anything else wouldn’t be
equitable.
(This is the direction that the ARIN Board of Trustees has set based on community input; I will note that
the ARIN Board is itself elected by the community and that we have our annual election upcoming –