[members-discuss] Surprise on renew fees

Regarding the IPv4 fee policy, I am still of the opinion that the more 
IPv4 address space you use, the more you pay (per IP).

Or we would not call it "scarse resource".

Just my 2 Euro Cents.




> We have received the message with fees for year 2012, and we've been
> surprised, because we've been 'upgraded' from extra-small to small.
>
> I feel quite strange being now classified as small, because we are using
> the smallest assignment possible (one /21 IPv4, one /32 IPv6, one AS).
>
> I studied the computational algorithm for assigning points, and I feel
> quite strange points for IPv4 being calculated this way:
>      (first year of allocation LESS 1992) * IPv4 units; in our case,
> this means => 2011 - 1992 * 1 => 19.
>
> See
> http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/member-support/info/billing/how-to-calculate-a-billing-score
> for scoring method.
>
> This means every one asking first block allocation after year 2008 will
> be classified SMALL, despite of his real dimensions and resources.
>
> This is quite punishing for new comers like us, and not fair at all as a
> fee computing method.
> It looks like more we asked far from year 1992, more we have to pay. I
> don't see really a logic in this method.
>
> Any opinion? Can someone enlight me please?
>
> Antonio Nati
>
>
>
>
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