[members-discuss] Input from Membership on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model (fwd)

On 22/09/16 20:58, Carlos Friacas wrote:
>
>
>>  Coming back to the points of RIPE NCC being non-profit, it could also
>> start
>>  spending more money to improve the services that it provides. The
>> "About us"
>>  page tells us that RIPE NCC works with Internet Governance and External
>>  Relations and Outreach. RIPE NCC could sure use more money and
>> resources to
>>  engage further with regards to these topics. For example, RIPE NCC
>> engages
>>  in Roundtable Meetings for governments,
>
> Forgot to mention that this outreach should have included strong
> messages so governments could be aware they should grab enough IPv4
> addresses to satisfy their needs, in order to become truly independent
> from their current (or future) IP service providers.
>
> Some governments only understood they needed to "own" their share of
> IPv4 space when it was too late, and only got small crumbs... :-(
>
> In general, public administration procedures lead to periodic tenders,
> and service providers (ISPs) are likely to change, and renumbering
> processes become unavoidable if you don't "own" PI space, Legacy space
> our your own PA space... ;-)

More backwards thinking. Those Governments should have pushed for a 
migration to IPv6 instead of looking for small crumbs and acting as a 
forerunner. Then use the crumbs for NATPT bridging them to the parts of 
the Internet, that don't use v6 yet.

It would also pushed the suppliers in the right direction then.

Kind regards,
Martin List-Petersen
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