8 Oct
2007
8 Oct
'07
4:32 p.m.
On Oct 8, 2007, at 15:02, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
But when DNSMON is part of a monopoly RIR and (partly?) funded from that monopoly's membership fees....
Is that so?
Well it certainly smells that way to anyone that's outside the RIPE goldfish bowl.
I was given to understand that the costs of the Test Traffic service (of which DNSMON is an optional part) were borne by the subscribers to that service, and not subsidised by membership fees.
<Board Hat On>I don't know. But I can find out.<Board Hat Off> It may be hard to identify all of these costs: eg what percentage of the heating and electricity bills can be exclusively attributed to Test Traffic activities?