[apnic-talk] Fw: Registration budget 2003 4,422,000 Euros
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:45 AM
Subject: Registration budget 2003 4,422,000 Euros
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy at knowtion dot net>
> >
> > From http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ap2003.html
> >
> > ...
> > Registration budget 2003 4,422,000 Euros
> > ...
> > "The number of tickets received by the RIPE NCC is expected to continue to
> > increase from 30,000 in 2002 to 35,000 in 2003."
> >
> > 4,422,000 / 35,000 ~= 126 Euros/ticket.
> >
> > 126 Euros per ticket ? Thats about 2 hours of average/cheap contacting fees.
> > Mad. While I understand as well as anyone that the costs of running an
> > organisation include many many overheads, the bottom line is that the NCC
> > charge 126 Euros per ticket - which as I see it is the primary activity.
> >
> > Wow. I would *love* a piece of that business on a commercial basis. So would
> > quite a lot of companies I expect.
> >
> > When you get that down to approx. 1 hour of average/cheap contracting fees
> > (50 Euros maybe), I will say you are merely expensive for what we get.
> >
>
> All you have to do is get some /8s and you can lease them...RIPE is only one small Registry...
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
>
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