[ncc-services-wg] Re: [members-discuss] New Charging Scheme

* Christian Wittenhorst:

> Of course, they do ;-) IPv4 address space is a scarce and valuable
> resource now. And a /12 user occupies a lot more that limited resource
> than a /20 user does.
>
> If someone justifies a /12, Internet is obviously a major part of his
> business (or he's incredibly huge). And more importantly, he uses a
> major part of the limited resource. A "fee" of EUR 0.002 per IP is
> more than reasonable.

I don't think RIPE NCC is in a position to establish an address space
tax.  Existing fees are there to cover administrative costs and other
RIPE activities, not as an incentive for address space conservation.

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