Hi All,
Thanks for your comments Andrew.
On Feb 12, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Andrew Alston wrote:
C.) Demand for IPv6 PI Space.
At the moment we cannot really evaluate this, as lets face it, there
isn't much demand for IPv6 at all yet. As the need for redundancy,
the
need for multi-homing, and the need for companies to be able to be
more
mobile in their provider choices increases, this demand could very
easily become apparent. At the moment due to the high costs of
telecoms
on the African continent, how many companies can even afford to be
multi-homed or deploy that level of redundancy? Perhaps as costs come
down, this would change?
D.) The RIR Revenue stream
First of all, it's my strong opinion that if an RIR has to resort to
denying a service to the public in order to grow its revenue, there
is a
much larger problem than the problem of if the service should or
shouldn't be provided. I believe that it is fundamentally flawed to
base the decision to allow or disallow P.I IPv6 space based on
revenue.
Are there not enough problems in the African Internet community with
regards insanely high costs, without attempting to find reasons to
force
ISP's who are already burdened with high costs to pay even more money?
Yes, I fully understand that an RIR must be financially viable, but I
really do not think that this decision should be based on the RIR's
economics. After all, an RIR is a non-profit entity, and while it has
running costs, there is a difference between growing revenue to stay
sustainable and defining policies based on generation of funds at the
expense of the community for which the organization was created to
serve.
It's worth noting that for organisations that qualify to receive an
IPv6 allocation, the first years' fees is waived. See http://
www.afrinic.net/docs/billing/afcorp-fee200502.htm
-v
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