Some community members want to kill AFRINIC. These members do not have passion for AFRICA as a region and are against AFRICA internet and technology development.
On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 6:33 PM Erick Joshua Lagon <[email protected]> wrote: > To all, > > This is clearly a personal attack and defamation which holds no relevance > to the real issue at hand. I encourage the Board to take down this post > because we cannot achieve anything by posting ad hominem arguments. We > should be addressing issues for the sake of the community and not attack > anyone else here. > > Regards, > Erick > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 10:39 PM Leo S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> About Cloud Innovation Ltd I want to talk about their business model. >> >> They got 7 Million IPv4 addresses from AFRINIC at a price of $10,000 USD >> per year, and then leased them to ISPs or end users at a price of ~2 >> USD/year/IPv4 (large block in 2018 if Small block may be more expensive >> maybe $3 USD) and with an annual increase of 15% fee from the price >> >> So the cost is $10,000 USD >> >> Revenue is 7M x 2 = 14 Million >> >> so it’s 150000% profit >> >> Part of the cost is spent on RIR community activities and seeking support >> from members, and money will be used to defeat those who oppose it. >> >> Are there any people in the world who don't love money? Those who accept >> their money will support them in the community. and questioned any action >> of discussion that would be detrimental to them. >> >> Of course, this is Lu Heng. >> >> He also plundered tens of thousands of IP addresses from RIPE and A few >> years later sold to vodafone and earned millions of dollars. He is smart >> and knows who should pay the money to. >> >> >> To rent an IP address from Cloud Innovation Ltd, you do not need to use >> their network services and circuits. Exactly they don't provide network >> service. and I think 90% of IP addresses are used in North America and Asia >> >> >> I don't know much about AFRINIC's policy. But in ARIN you must have a >> circuit or network service then you can rent an IP address from the >> provider. >> >> The AFRINIC internal audit action may be detrimental to Cloud Innovation >> Ltd, so they started some network services in South Africa last year as >> Africa on cloud. but it's a small network. I think the revenue from these >> services may account for less than 10% of their revenue. so 90% of their >> revenue still from IPv4 address leasing business >> >> It can be seen from their income that they have enough money to support >> the lawsuit against AFRINIC. And spend money in the community to fight for >> their address not to be revoked. >> >> very sad AFRINIC is too poor >> >> By the way, I was also their customer before >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Community-Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >
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