>> It takes me about 3-5 hours of work to track down and get an old >> unused ASN to be deallocated. How about updating the 2010 charging >> model so that LIRs that return ASNs are compensated? > > I don't think this is a good way of using RIR funds. Why should the > old guys receive even more special treatment? RIPE's charging scheme > already discriminates heavily against newcomers.
beancounters know how cut expenses, not how to increase sales. thus, they (though well-meaning) shrink the company and eventually drive it into the ground. the real path is to move forward, increase income, and grow. perhaps there is a lesson here. move on to 4-byte asns. randy
