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

Yes - agreed Bob, we've already this problem in many pan-European projects.
Trying to explain why overheads are different from PT to DE is not easy.

>>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!

In the case of IP numbers and domains one can sort of argue that a certain
monopolistic type structure is required for technical reasons (cidr, tlds
etc.) - how long this holds if we have competing pan-European or global
service providers is crystal ball stuff.

>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.

Not possible Hank - I don't believe RIPE should try to regulate markets,
assuming such a market were to emerge. But you're right - it'll play havoc
with cidr if such a market does emerge before IPng gets widely implemented,
available and installed.

How is NSAP allocation done in other European countries ? I know that here
in DE one obtains NSAP for around 32ecu per NSAP per year. Does this compare
and is there some sort of international (european agreement on this) - I doubt it ?

>>Could be an interesting discussion....
Indeed.
>>
>>Bob Day
>
>Hank Nussbacher

Dave