Below/inline. On 25/07/2021 07:55, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > I honestly was not aware of the fact that people had to pay money to > get routes into the RADB data base until I saw this message that I am > responding to (from Noah). This puts a whole different light on the > problem! > > RADB is operated by Merit, Inc. which is located in the State of Michigan, > U.S.A. All I knew... up until now... was that it is a "non profit" entity: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_Network > > Based on that one small scrap of information, I had incorrectly assumed > that it was 100% free for people to add routes to the RADB. But apparently > not so! Far from it! I see now that the company charges a HEFTY annual > membership fee to all those who want to put route objects in their data > base: > > For-Profit Organization $595.00 USD > Non-Profit Organization $425.00 USD > > That is a LONG way from free! > > So, this certainly raises a number of (awkward?) questions, such as > > (*) Does RADB -remove- routes from their data base when someone > stops paying the annual membership fee? (The evidence suggests > that they fail to do such cleanups.)
I strongly believe YES, route objects get removed. > (*) Will RADB allow paying members to add routes to bogon IP space, > and/or to bogon AS numbers? Oh yes! also space that is not theirs. > Now that I know they charge BIG money for allowing people to add routes to > their RADB data base, I must say that I do view their past unhelpfulness > in a somewhat different light. sure it would be different if you paid something. > P.S. Do dues-paying resource members of AFRINIC have to pay anything > extra to get routes added to the AFRINIC IRR? no. btw: also resource members who don't pay (like IXPs) get the IRR functions for free. > Or is that free as part > of the basic membership services? It is. Frank _______________________________________________ DBWG mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg
