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I fully support this model as well. (see: https://www.seattleix.net/join) The large expenditures of new equipment are all member growth or new member driven. Recouping a 1/nth portion of those switch upgrade costs per member, plus some small overhead for the rest, seems to be a totally viable model and has worked well for SIX. (plus donations). The rest of the expense side of the house is pennies in comparison. For those that don’t think an IX can be driven, at least partially by donations, maybe review this as well: https://www.seattleix.net/contributors This simplifies things on the backend too: - one time payment vs monthly deposits via multiple methods that someone on MICE board would need to manage for 60+ members - members joining the IX have an easy sell internally of one time fee vs MRC above and beyond a cross connect (always infinitely harder to justify) Solves the root issue of new members and more bandwidth (higher speed ports) driving growth, and doesn’t penalize the little guys. Remote switches can charge their own rates, however, still need to pay the main core switch port costs. (https://www.seattleix.net/rules) -- Andrew Hoyos [log in to unmask] > On Sep 19, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Justin Krejci <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I am a fan of the SIX model of revenue: you pay to connect to the exchange up front and bigger ports (ie 10-Gig) cost more than smaller (ie 1-Gig). This fee applies to MICE core equipment only. Port costs on extension switches are dictated by the respective extension switch operators. > > As there are already many existing connected ports I would also be in favor of retroactively charging each connected port based on their current port type(s) in use at the time of the implementation of said fees. Already connected organizations that want to take a bit of time to budget can make arrangements with the board. Also, I would be in favor of implementing this soon instead of waiting for the desired but elusive non-profit status unless someone has knowledge of its actual pending completion.