<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 13 Apr 2024, at 18:35, Blake Shepherd <blake66@live.co.uk> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="auto">Please can you tell me how this company and alot of others.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://bgp.tools/rir-owner/uk.btent">https://bgp.tools/rir-owner/uk.btent</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://bgp.tools/rir-owner/uk.btgia">https://bgp.tools/rir-owner/uk.btgia</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Pays the same as me please show me how ripe is equal or fair please do something and add a fee per ipv4 and ipv6 it's not hard to make it fair.</div></div></blockquote><div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><div dir="auto">Because RIPE is a MEMBERSHIP organisation. It’s not a commercial company selling something.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If I’m asked to pay more I also want more voting rights. Consequence: the few big ones will dominate and steer RIPE in the direction THEY want. I don’t think that’s in the interest of those who yell at the unfair membership rate.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">RIPE is fair because every member has the same right and the same one vote.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div> <br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;"> <div><strong>Michel LANNERS</strong></div> <div>CIO at LU-CIX Management G.I.E.</div> <div>--</div> </span>   <div><a href="https://www.luxchat.lu/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.lu-cix.lu/LOGO/sign-20231207.png" width="390" height="122"></a></div>  <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;"> <div>Mail: <a href="mailto:michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu</a></div> <div>Luxchat: @3eb2pdflrq57:01.lu-cix.luxchat.lu</div> <div>Phone: (+352) 28 99 29 92-81</div> <div><strong>LU-CIX Management G.I.E.</strong></div> <div>202, Z.A.E. Wolser F</div> <div>L-3290 Bettembourg</div> <div><a href="https://www.lu-cix.lu" target="_blank">lu-cix.lu</a></div> <div><a href="https://www.luxchat.lu" target="_blank">luxchat.lu</a></div> <div><a href="https://luxembourg-internet-days.com" target="_blank">luxembourg-internet-days.com</a></div> <div><a href="https://www.lunog.lu" target="_blank">lunog.lu</a> </div> </span></div><div><br></div><br></body></html>