On Apr 19, 2011, at 2:56 PM, David Conrad wrote: > On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote: >> Are you saying there are people who advocate creating a new ecosystem >> of service providers for supplying several things that the RIRs >> exclusively supply today? > > Yes. > >> Sign me up. As a vendor. I'd love to over-charge for the dead simple >> task of using an API to push DNS delegation updates to the IN-ADDR >> servers, and running a whois server. > > My guess is that lacking a monopoly, if you over-charge you won't have many > customers.
Meanwhile, under the current system, ARIN has managed to accumulate a >$25M cash reserve despite an increasing budget. (see https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXVII/PDF/Wednesday/andersen_treasurer.pdf) Cheers, -Benson
