On 15 Apr 2011, at 12:04, Michiel Klaver wrote:
Not everything on the internet is a bussiness with needs and a large bag of cash. Please also consider the non-profit organisations with valid reasons of running their own PI network.
If an organisation like that can't afford a few hundred euro for addresses and an ASN, it probably can't afford any money for servers or routers or connectivity or co-lo space or software or a system/ network admin, or lawyers to review contracts, etc, etc. These things are all unavoidable costs of doing business on the interweb, even for non-profits. Supporting (under-funded) public benefit organisations is all well and good. But is it fair to expect the NCC membership to pick up the bill? It doesn't seem right to push costs I can't or won't or don't like to pay on to someone else. Though it is of course lovely for me if I can manipulate the system to decide how your money gets spent in ways for my benefit. Nice work if you can get it...