[187834] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Thank you, Comcast.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Feb 26 13:51:55 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: Jay Nugent <jjn@nuge.com>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.02.1602261041381.3051@server1.nuge.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:50:18 -0500
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:52:55 -0500, Jay Nugent said:
> However, if a 'provider' wishes to block ANYTHING, then they need to
> inform the customer IN WRITING exactly what will be blocked so that
> customer doesn't waste their time and money with said (limited) service
> and vote with their wallet by buying *real* Internet service, elsewhere.
Which is only an option in those rare places where there's actual real
competition. In most places, it's a monopoly, or a non-functional
duopoly (Let's face it - how many users will protest a 10M cable connection
with 4 ports punched out by moving to 768K DSL?)
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