Subject: What about the ASN fees ?

From: Jim Fleming <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 11:20:07 -0600

On Tuesday, February 24, 1998 3:32 AM, Vernon Schryver[SMTP:[email-masked]] wrote:
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@
@Actually, fees for UDP and TCP port numbers would probably happen first.
@If you've been around more than a few years, you will have seen a very
@large number of very low key controveries about who owns which reserved port
@number.  The port number space is crying out to be 'regularized' by NSI.
@

What about the fees for ASNs ? <http://www.arin.net>

With such a limited supply of ASNs, why aren't people
concerned that ONE private company (of former NSI people)
now control those and charge for them ?

At $500 each, you can buy ALL of them for $32,768,000.

Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI