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Paul Newton
paul.newton at f4rn.org.uk
Wed Apr 10 15:24:27 CEST 2024
I'm never going to wear a t-shirt saying 'Ripe' ... On Wed, 10 Apr 2024, 14:21 Kaj Niemi, <kajtzu at basen.net> wrote: > Realistically you cannot compensate for recurring charges with one-time > charges. The former you know, the latter you do not have any idea whether > they will occur or not. Thus, while xfers could be invoiced at cost plus > principles (or whatever), budgetarily it is insanity to assume that such > events would occur. > > I like the gym analogy. Although most have different categories for > different kinds of members, whether you can go to group lessons or not, > whether you train during busy hours our outside of them, etc. as well as > the implicit assumption that most pay but do not use. Also, they sell > t-shirts, towels, chocolate, energy drinks, porridge, etc. > > > > Kaj > ------------------------------ > *From:* members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net> on behalf of > Michel Lanners <michel.lanners at lu-cix.lu> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 10, 2024 15:55 > *To:* members-discuss at ripe.net <members-discuss at ripe.net> > *Subject:* [members-discuss] Charging Scheme 2025 > > You don't often get email from michel.lanners at lu-cix.lu. Learn why this > is important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> > Dear all, > > Why on earth is everybody trying to monetize IPv4, i.e. make RIPE fees > dependant on IPv4 ressources? > > I completely fail to see why anybody should pay more for HOLDING any > number of IPv4 ressources (or other ressources, by the way). > > It’s a different story for ressource transfers. So let those selling IPv4 > pay a fee for the transfer! > > And for the rest let’s stick to a real membership fee: one price > irrespective of which services you use or not. The fitness center doesn’t > charge you per minute, nor per device you use. It's a flat membership, full > stop. Hopefully low enough so it doesn’t create a problem for anybody's > bottom line. > > Cheers > > *Michel LANNERS* > CIO at LU-CIX Management G.I.E. > -- > <https://www.luxchat.lu/> > Mail: michel.lanners at lu-cix.lu > Luxchat: @3eb2pdflrq57:01.lu-cix.luxchat.lu > Phone: (+352) 28 99 29 92-81 > > *LU-CIX Management G.I.E.* > 202, Z.A.E. Wolser F > L-3290 Bettembourg > lu-cix.lu <https://www.lu-cix.lu/> > luxchat.lu <https://www.luxchat.lu/> > luxembourg-internet-days.com > lunog.lu <https://www.lunog.lu/> > > _______________________________________________ > members-discuss mailing list > members-discuss at ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/options/members-discuss/paul.newton%40f4rn.org.uk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/attachments/20240410/9d3049c5/attachment-0001.html>
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