>>> >> For bonus points, explain how the numbers side of IANA pays for anything >> when the RIRs stop funding it? > > David already answered more eloquently than I could, so I'll simply add that > what he said applied when I was there as well. The IANA is, and always has > been a cost center. You don't want to live in an IANA fee-for-service world. >
My point was that as a cost center, IANA depends on funding from other sources. The RIRs are a major source of that funding. Owen
