IP number allocations -- get out your CHECKBOOKS!

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

I told ALL of you so.  Didn't I say this was next after the Postel trial
balloon?  Did I get poo-pooed from the rafters?

Eat your shoes folks.

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> From: 	Kim Hubbard[SMTP:kimh@internic.net]
> Sent: 	Thursday, January 02, 1997 3:55 PM
> To: 	pagan@apnic.net
> Subject: 	Non-profit IP Registry
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Recently, there has been discussion concerning the need to keep IP issues
> separate from domain issues.  The stability of the Internet in part relies
> on the careful management of the Internet Protocol addresses.
> 
> The point has also been made that the management of the IP space should
> be put in the hands of those that depend on it - the users.  Whether
> those users are ISPs, corporate entities, universities, etc., they
> should all play a role.
> 
> To this end, Network Solutions, Inc. plans to create and initially fund
> a non-profit 501(c)6 organization to be known as The American Registry
> for Internet Numbers (ARIN) to manage the IP address space for the
> territories it currently administers, similar to the APNIC and RIPE
> regional IP registries.  This organization will be a non-profit
> spin-off of the current InterNIC IP group.
> 
> Network Solutions, Inc. will initially fund ARIN until fees are imposed 
> and will offer continued financing until such time as it is a stable,
> self-sufficient entity capable of funding itself through its membership
> dues, registration and maintenance fees.
> 
> Details on the proposed organizational structure and 1997 funding
> model are located at http://rs.internic.net/arin.
> 
> Questions regarding the proposal will be answered on the ARIN mailing
> list.  To subscribe, send mail to:
> 
> 	listserv@internic.net
> 
> 	with "subscribe naipr" in the body along with your first and
>           last name.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kim Hubbard
> InterNIC Registry
> 
> 
> 
> 
>