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<div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi HPH,</span>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Agreed, comparatives are never easy, but one can (must) start somewhere. I'm sure you guys have people who do these kinds of things for a living...<span></span></div>
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<span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If the number of members would double, the cost per member would be halved as you state AND<span> the budget (~ revenue) would stay roughly equal, then the current membership would not need
to "discuss" potential pricing increases given the implied economies of scale. Everyone gets the same great package but at half rate. </span><span>It sounds to me like an awesome business opportunity - particularly as SOM would be close to 100% in such a situation. </span><span>Wouldn�t
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<div dir="ltr">Kaj</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Hans Petter Holen <hph@ripe.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 16, 2024 9:56:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kaj Niemi <kajtzu@basen.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal (logarithmic)</font>
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<div>Hi Kaj,</div>
<div>Benchmarking is always useful, but sometimes comparing may be a bit difficult.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 18:27, Kaj Niemi <<a href="mailto:kajtzu@basen.net">kajtzu@basen.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">RIPE, revenue 38M EUR (40M USD), members 20k = 2 k/member</div>
<div dir="ltr">ARIN, revenue 25M USD, members 25k = 1 k/member<span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">APNIC, revenue 33M AUD (21M USD), members 10k<span style="font-size:inherit"> = 2 k/member</span></div>
<div dir="ltr">LACNIC, revenue 10M USD, members 12k = 0.8 k/member<span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">AFRINIC, revenue 6M USD, members 2k = 3 k/member</div>
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<div>APNIC and LACNIC has National Internet Registries that handle members in their countries which makes comparison difficult.</div>
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<div>ARIN has recently changed their membership structure to include the equivalent of our End Users and individual ASN holders.</div>
<div>They have also removed the distinction between PI and PA.</div>
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<div>If the RIPE NCC did the same, we would more than double the number of members and bring the average to less than 1k/member.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px">Sincerely,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px">Hans Petter Holen</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px">RIPE NCC</span><br>
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