Charging for allocations

On Thu, 24 Feb 94 12:30:10 +0000 you said:
>Hank
>    I don't know whether we're in a similar position here,
>except that I understand what you're saying and have a lot
>of sympathy for your proposal.
>
>I'd make one suggestion about the tariffs you mention.  In
>addition to once-off charges, there should be recurrent charges.
>These would be planned to cover ongoing maintenance costs.  They
>would also encourage customers to use the resource prudently.
>These charges should be small but noticeable.
>
>For example, if an organisation is paying $yy a year for the
>use of a Class C network, then it will be quick to hand it back
>when it no longer needs it for any reason.
>
>Perhaps you meant that the charges proposed by recurrent.  If so,
>sorry for wasting the time of the list.

No, I am totally against recurrent charges.  I don't feel that the
nature of registration (IP, domains, etc.) at the present time
is one that is dynamic.  You get an IP net and you keep it.  I just
don't see people handing back class C nets after having paid for them
just because we charge for them a small yearly maintenance fee.
Routing updates might be dynamic but I would suggest to price the one-time
cost to cover 3 years of updates rather than send a customer a bill
for $10-$30 per year for "routing update maintenance".

>
>Cheers.
>
>Mike

Hank