Re: [ripe-152bis] Updating "Charging by Local Internet Registries"

[Carlos Friacas <]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, leo vegoda wrote:

> Hi Carlos,
>
> Carlos Friacas cfriacas@localhost wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> Should AS Numbers be added?
> >
> >ISPs/LIRs should be able to charge for AS Numbers, if this can have any
> >impact on AS Number conservation.
>
> Why are AS Numbers different from IPv4 address space here? Why is it
> acceptable to charge for AS Numbers and not IP space?

IPv4 address conservation is not an issue now...
It is solved by IPv6. But as we konw... IPv6 doesnt solve ASNs < 2^16
Or are we going to step into 32 bit ASNs?
If yes, i dont have any argument against. :-)


> Regards,
>
> --
> leo vegoda
> RIPE NCC
> Registration Services Manager
>


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