I couldn’t agree more. Owen
> On Sep 15, 2021, at 12:21 , Mark McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mr. Curran, > > It’s unfortunate to learn about ARIN’s proposal to increase our rates > by 650% from one year to the next from your EMail. It would have been nice > to receive this when this measure was being proposed. In looking through > various member forums, it appears we aren’t alone. While I can appreciate > your desire to standardize rates between End Users and ISP’s, it’s obvious > that ARIN provides a different set of services for ISP’s as it does End > Users. For us, ARIN stores < 50k of data in a database - similar to a Domain > Registration from Network Solutions. They’re somehow able to perform these > services for about $9/year. ARIN has historically charged us $300/year for > this service, and is now raising rates by 650% to $2000.00/year. And for > what? The IPv4 pool is depleted so there is no value in attempting to obtain > additional IPv4 resources, while IPv6 resources are limitless, and are > charged accordingly. > > For End Users, there are no ongoing SWIP assignments or ongoing actions from > ARIN that require ARIN’s resources and for those that there are, ARIN charges > for those services (new assignments, transfers, etc). We maintain numerous > resources with ARIN through a different ISP account for resources used for > ISP services and pay fees (and utilize services) accordingly. > > When ARIN, or any organizational body, sends out an email stating rates are > raising 650%, it makes me question how an organization that could do > something for a a set fee for so long suddenly can’t and needs to implement > drastic measures to “recoup” these fees. It wreaks of inefficiency as ARIN’s > number of resources managed is going up, not down and with any business, the > cost to provide services goes down as the number of customers (resources) > goes up. > > I was trying to look through the ARIN organizational documents and recent > Annual Reports to see how ARIN’s income is represented (percentage of ISP vs > End-User, RSP vs Non-RSP) as your Email lacks this important information, > however I was unable to find this. It would be much appreciated if you could > provide it. As a user of ARIN’s services, it would be nice to see exactly > how much of a rate increase this is (increasing ARIN revenue) vs > standardizing rates, which would re-rate *everybody* (raising some, lowering > others) so that ARIN’s revenue remained neutral while equally balancing costs > to provide services. > > In owning and operating businesses in the IT space, I’ve always viewed ARIN > as a fair and equitable organization. Until today. Your email lacked > critical information that would have shown this as a “standardization of > rates” vs a rate hike on what appears to be all legacy customers. Perhaps > the rates ARIN is charging them isn’t too low, but the rates you’re charging > ISP’s is too high, or perhaps somewhere in between. > >> From the Emails I’ve already received from other parties this affects, it >> appears the courts will ultimately decide what is legitimate and what is >> not, however I feel this could have all been avoided with better >> communication. > > > Sincerely, > > > > Mark McDonald > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
