Is NANOG == ARIN ? or North America in Scope ?

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Is NANOG == ARIN ? or North America in Scope ?

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What do the following /8 ?"Owners"? pay for their CyberLand ?

http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.txt
004/8  Level 3 Communications, Inc.                   1992-12
           LEGACY
008/8  Level 3 Communications, Inc.                   1992-12
           LEGACY
032/8  AT&T Global Network Services                   1994-06
           LEGACY
035/8  MERIT Computer Network                         1994-04
           LEGACY

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In the recent Annual Pass Over of /8 Audits it does not appear that /8
Utilization warrants ALL to migrate to 34-bit IPv4++ Space (1+32+1)
Also, in some cases, the companies may no longer exist?

016/8  Digital Equipment Corporation                  1994-11
           LEGACY
045/8  Interop Show Network                           1995-01
           LEGACY
044/8  Amateur Radio Digital Communications           1992-07
           LEGACY

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BTW, If ARIN has a $10,000,000 HR Budget and 10 people that is an
average of $1,000,000 per person.
Is that Cost Recovery ?
http://bit.ly/17QKAR
http://bit.ly/ametyG

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Why is IN-ADDR.ARPA any different from a $10 .COM Registration ?