[101915] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (michael.dillon@bt.com)
Sun Jan 20 19:14:08 2008
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:55:55 -0000
In-Reply-To: <47912173.80705@fas.harvard.edu>
From: <michael.dillon@bt.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> Yes there are P2P pigs out there but a more=20
> common scenario is the canonical "Little Old Lady in a Pink Sweater"=20
> with a compromised box which is sending spam at a great rate.=20
> Should=20
> she pay the $500 bill when it arrives or would a more prudent=20
> and rational approach be like some universities do.
So, does usage-based pricing come along with some kind of
legal liability if the provider does not keep their network
botnet-free? After all, by encouraging botnets (meaning by
understaffing security and abuse desks) they are actually
artificially pumping up their bottom line.
The flip-side of this is how many people would be happy to=20
switch to usage-based pricing if they felt that doing so
increased the overall security of the Internet, and reduced
their personal risk of being victims of fraud and identity
theft?
--Michael Dillon
