<div dir="auto">We are trying to find a diplomatic way to suggest that larger organisations can afford to contribute more because they can defray the cost over more clients.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We have only have 210 clients, so cost per capita is quite significant.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Paul.</div><div dir="auto">F4RN</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 10 Apr 2024, 13:58 Michel Lanners, <<a href="mailto:michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu">michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Why on earth is everybody trying to monetize IPv4, i.e. make RIPE fees dependant on IPv4 ressources?</div><div><br></div><div>I completely fail to see why anybody should pay more for HOLDING any number of IPv4 ressources (or other ressources, by the way).</div><div><br></div><div>It’s a different story for ressource transfers. So let those selling IPv4 pay a fee for the transfer! </div><div><br></div><div>And for the rest let’s stick to a real membership fee: one price irrespective of which services you use or not. The fitness center doesn’t charge you per minute, nor per device you use. It's a flat membership, full stop. Hopefully low enough so it doesn’t create a problem for anybody's bottom line.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br><div>
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