Really? Who, exactly, would you accuse of such a thing? Owen
> On Jul 25, 2021, at 08:39 , DANIEL NANGHAKA <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss> > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > <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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