RE: [Wg-apnic-fees] APNIC membership fee structure proposal

["Thomas Salmen" <thomas.salmen@team.orcon.net.nz>]

> 
> I'm comfortable with this structure.
> 
> I'd like to reiterate my call for a review of the "IP resource
application
> fee
> of US$2,500" that I posted earlier. If I'm applying for a /24 under
the
> new
> scheme, then an fee in the first year of $2850 seems like a large
> financial
> hurdle to overcome. If that $2500 fee is there as a deterrent to
> discourage
> people from applying for address space then let's call it that rather
than
> mask it as a fee to cover administrative costs of a first application.
> 
> IP addresses should be allocated on the basis of documented technical
> requirements with a charging regime that covers APNIC's costs. I've
had
> dealings with a number of organisations in NZ and elsewhere who decide
not
> to
> become members because of this fee. That means that APNIC loses out on
> their
> recurrent annual fees and they end up acquiring IP address space that
> isn't
> registered in their names and which doesn't end up in the RPSL
database
> etc.
> 

I agree with what Andy is saying - based on personal experience here in
NZ at least, there are a number of network operators who have good cause
to become members and be assigned their own space. And often they don't
do it because of the high entry cost. 

Rgds,
Thomas