On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Adam Rothschild wrote:
Think of what happened way back when, when InterNIC began to charge for domain names. I for one was outraged at first, and then calmed down and learned to "bite the bullet", as did many others...
In retrospect, I believe Internic's decision to control the flood of domain registrations has turned out to be a positive one. Charging for address space, on the other hand, is a seperate issue. Domain name registration is something that, as many are sure to agree, was being abused. Address space tends to require a more formal request, including justification, and (the discussion of GE's 3.0.0.0/8 and 4.0.0.0/8's aquisitions aside), I feel those delegating address space try their best to insure delegations aren't abused. I'm confident others have had their address space providers demand CIDR be well implemented before they receive any address space. Address space is, IMO, something that shouldn't be charged for, but should instead have procedures in place to insure those requiring additional space do, in fact, require it. Cheers, -Chris Portman Chris Portman ================================================= chris@unix.org Senior Systems Operations and Security iSTAR Internet Inc. (613) 788-7767 Ottawa, ON, CA