>> Yeah, RIPE NCC is definitely much cheaper for PI: no initial >> registration fee of ≥$500. The maintenance cost is $100/year vs >> €100/year (±$137) so there is a little difference there. The $37 > €50 per PI assignment from the ripe ncc, no? > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-591
guys, you are following an arin policy weenie's red herring. this was not about fees. it was about arin's board being it's own governance review committee and having no term limits, arin forcing folk to sign contracts with clauses saying arin can change the Ts&Cs unilaterally and arbitrarily, ... randy