[162075] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Resolver Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Mon Apr 1 21:47:28 2013
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <AE5F10FF-B83B-4199-9A9B-1FB0CEA34C8E@arbor.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:45:22 -0700
To: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:38 PM, "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net> =
wrote:
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> On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Mark Andrews wrote:
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>> I know and I would still argue that they are tantamount to extortion.
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> There is no coercion involved, so, by definition, it can't be called =
'extortion'. If you don't like the AUP, don't sign up for the service - =
simple as that.
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> Hyperbole isn't generally helpful.
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In an oligopoly situation, that's hardly a valid set of choices and is =
tantamount to extortion.
Owen
