----- Original Message ----- From: "Elmar K. Bins" <elmi@4ever.de>
Let's assume an organization would qualify for e.g., /25 address allocation. When obtaining Internet connectivity, the ISP gives two offers, for example: - 100 EUR/mo for a /27 - 200 EUR/mo for a /25 (otherwise the terms are same, and the technical implementation is the same.)
If the organization qualifies for a /25, an audit will only result in "everything's been done properly, the applications are in order", provided the ISP documents their assignments correctly.
2) Charging Policies A Local IR must publish its charging policy. The policy is defined in ripe-152 [Norris96a]: "Address space is a finite resource with no intrinsic value and direct costs cannot be ascribed to it. While they may not charge for address space as such, registries may charge for their administrative and technical ser- vices. Registries must publish their operating procedures and details of the services they offer and the conditions and terms that apply, including scales of tariffs if applicable."
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/charging2004.html As clearly stated in the above URL, RIPEs charging scheme is almost solely based on how many ip addresses you require and it should be fairly easy to calculate the direct cost of a /25 allocation vs a /27. It might not cost that much in RIPE fees for a /25 or /27, but I don't see why an ISP shouldn't be able to charge their customers using the same scheme if they wanted to (and of course also add administrative fees etc). Joergen Hovland