<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-text-wrap gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-tlid-copy-target"><div class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-result-shield-container gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-tlid-copy-target"><span class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-tlid-translation gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-translation"><span title="" class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-">Hello Juri,<br><br>I support what you wrote in your email. <br>Any company with an additional LIR account(s) should pay only for period from date when LIR account activated by RIPE NCC.<br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-result-shield-container gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-tlid-copy-target"><br></div><div class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-result-shield-container gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-tlid-copy-target">Best regards,</div><div class="gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-result-shield-container gmail-m_-9171942443838689405gmail-tlid-copy-target">Ivan Bulavkin<br></div></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:12 AM Juri <<a href="mailto:hostmaster@ntx.ru" target="_blank">hostmaster@ntx.ru</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear RIPE NCC Members i.e. LIR!<br>
<br>
RIPE77 meeting is over but some questions still active and I want to<br>
bring them up for discussion. This is long-read, but please read it,<br>
it’s important.<br>
<br>
I work at ISP company and work a lot of with RIPE NCC as well as for LIR<br>
management and registrations. I want RIPE NCC become better for all LIRs<br>
and try to participate. For long time I face with RIPE NCC strange<br>
billing issues, and I feel not comfortable with them. I run ISP company<br>
and I understand how to manage customers and how usually billing for<br>
services of the IT company should work.<br>
<br>
I will try to split different issues in different emails.<br>
<br>
First I want to say that I tried to find an answer for my question from<br>
Finance department of the RIPE NCC, I spent a time for that and I found<br>
that it was not correct place for that. I was forwarded to RIPE NCC<br>
Board for such discussion. I wrote my experience at RIPE77 Meeting to<br>
the Board and got feedback that the ideas and facts I explained to them<br>
should be discussed in Members-Discuss list because they are not<br>
described in Policies. So that’s my try to do that.<br>
<br>
Let me show you several simple billing issues. They will be related to<br>
companies who pays much more than other companies to RIPE NCC. These are<br>
Multi LIR companies. Yes, everybody knows that company may have several<br>
LIR accounts at RIPE NCC if company pays membership and setup fees. This<br>
is quite normal and a lot of companies use this ability. Let’s start.<br>
<br>
What kind of issues do we have. Let me explain most important of them.<br>
<br>
1) If a company want to do anything (transfer a part or merge with your<br>
existing company) with one of your LIRs RIPE NCC will ask you to pay<br>
till the end of the year for all LIRs. This is not fear and not correct<br>
because RIPE NCC really doesn’t give a LIR service H companies.<br>
<br>
2) Let’s say you just opened in December new one LIR for your company<br>
(and paid fees for the last 4th part of the year + setup fees) and want<br>
to do something with other LIR resources on account of the same company.<br>
RIPE NCC will ask to pay full year for LIR that were opened just in<br>
current year. What we have? You just get service for last part of the<br>
year but you should pay for membership for LIR for the time that it was<br>
not existed. This is insane for IT company to overcharge members for the<br>
past time.<br>
<br>
3) If one company merge another one - they get still limitations for<br>
keeping several LIRs for several years. Such things should not happen.<br>
It was not so sometime before but now that happens.<br>
<br>
What I see? RIPE NCC overcharge LIRs.<br>
Why? It was not so some amount of time ago. RIPE NCC didn’t care about<br>
that, but they changed it without any discussion with members.<br>
<br>
Now I want to answer for Important question for those members who wish<br>
to start telling me about something else.... I will give you an answer<br>
here. All RIPE NCC members have the limit for changes/transfers and etc<br>
as 2 years (24 month) of hold time. If this time should be changed -<br>
it’s a way to Policy development process. Everybody believe that<br>
expenses for having extra LIR should be for 2 years (24 month), let’s<br>
say this is what we have and this delay is written in RIPE NCC<br>
documents. If we want to discuss this time - it's other one discussion.<br>
<br>
In real life this 2 years means 3 years (and usually *N). LIRs have to<br>
pay extra membership fees for (3-4 years)*N of LIRs, but not for 2 years<br>
as it should be. I find this unfair for LIRs. I want all LIRs have clear<br>
billing and pay for services/membership that we have really consumed.<br>
This is normal and correct to have clear and good billing.<br>
<br>
<br>
What do I suggest?<br>
<br>
I suggest RIPE NCC do correct accounting for each LIR for the time this<br>
LIR instance exists. If LIR has annual billing - then RIPE NCC should<br>
use it. If LIR selected quarterly billing - RIPE NCC show use. But RIPE<br>
NCC should not overcharge LIRs for the time they didn't give any<br>
services for LIR instance.<br>
<br>
Please support me and reply to this email. Or write your opinion.<br>
I believe RIPE NCC should work better for LIRs. Your voice is important.<br>
<br>
Juri<br>
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