[162076] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Resolver Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Mon Apr 1 21:52:55 2013
In-Reply-To: <A63EAFFB-B874-4E18-9727-8ED8B370376D@delong.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:52:43 -0700
From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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Yeah, I thought so, too, but apparently the FCC and the SEC hasn't
seen it that way for the past 20 years. Go figure. :-)
- ferg
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