Address space for individuals

On Fri, 20 May 94 17:32:13 BST you said:
>One point I'd suggest though -- I don't believe it would be realistic
>to expect a uniform charge across Europe. As with everything else in life,
>costs will vary from country to country. One discussion point will be
>whether one wants the idea of free competition across Europe, with
>customers "shopping around" (the Maastricht ideal, I suppose), or a
>situation where customers aren't "allowed" to apply in other than
>their own country (ie regulation, or a cartel, depending on your view.)
>If the latter then there's an interesting consequence of what to do
>if a one country's Last Resort Registry starts charging unreasonably
>high prices ... this is a problem that hasn't been solved yet in the
>well known area of line provision!

Imagine the havoc it would play on CIDR if everyone shopped around
to save a few ECUs on an IP address.   RIPE could come out with
a recommendation range, i.e. $10-$30 per class C.

>
>Could be an interesting discussion....
>
>Bob Day

Hank Nussbacher