[132840] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Thu Dec 2 09:04:55 2010
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:04:47 -0500
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 12/1/10 8:47 PM, William Herrin wrote:
> "Dual agency is not legal in all 50 states."
>
> Kinda the opposite of the monopoly/duopoly ISP who doesn't seek your
> permission in dealing with anyone else.
>
> Finally, realize that in both cases (real estate agent and apartment
> broker) you're dealing with a competitive negotiated process. The law
> allows -many- things in negotiated contracts that are flat illegal in
> the contracts of adhesion typically offered to the residential
> Internet buyer.
>
I was going to reply to Derek, but William beat me to it. Excellent post.
