Greg, Historical objects were always free but they made you bring them into a paid basis whenever you needed additional IP space or a new AS number or something. That happened to us years ago. Once you're on that train you can't get off.
They must be rounding up the stragglers like you. :) David. On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 07:41, Greg Keogh via ozdotnet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > Folks, It's almost Friday... > > I just received an email from APNIC to tell me that a class C IP block > I've owned for 27 years is now under their control and I will be charged > $500/year to keep this *historical* resource that was created before > APNIC existed. See Maintenance Fee Change > <https://help.apnic.net/s/article/historical-fee-change>. Has anyone else > received a similar notification? > > My thoughts were: this is either kidnapping, extortion or a "protection > racket", or all three. > > I'm reminded of the 1990s when Melbourne IT were effectively selling the > dictionary for a minimum ~$135 per domain name, and special words like > "realestate" or "sales" etc were up for the highest bidder at eye-watering > prices. Ah, the days of the Internet boom...! > > I'd like to write an official complaint about APNIC's money-grubbing scam > to someone, but who? The ACCC is a toothless tiger. There is a federal > ombudsman, but would APNIC be on their radar? > > Cheers, > *Greg K* > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/
