[ncc-services-wg] 2012-07's direct engagement option

* Randy Bush

> i am a legacy holder.  i get dns, whois, ... now, for free.  i do
> not wish to be beholden to an LIR.  i am quite willing to pay a
> couple hundred euros/year for a cert.  i am not willing to pay 1,800,
> it's outrageous.

Well, the proposed charging scheme for 2015 is €1600 per year both for a
full LIR membership, and a "legacy-only/DAU" membership. If you're a
legacy holder there's a €2000 sign-up fee for "DAU", €0 for LIR.

https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/may-2014/supporting-documents/ChargingScheme2015.pdf

The way I'm thinking, is that either:

1) if «money's no object», one would go for the LIR option, as that
gives the most services and the possibility to get IPv6 and a last-/8
/22 (which you then could probably sell to cover the fee... :-P), or:

2) if you don't have €1600 to spend, you'll either bite the bullet and
get sponsored by another LIR for €50, or stay with the free "status quo"
option.

Either way, the DAU option doesn't seem very useful. Right?

Tore