[194251] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EFF Call for sign-ons: ISPs, networking companies and engineers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Mar 29 09:05:20 2017
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:05:15 -0400
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On Mar 29, 2017, at 6:48 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
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> ISPs lying? Sounds like something for the courts, not capitol hill.=20
You can=E2=80=99t sue someone because they do something you do not like. =
Well, you can, but you won=E2=80=99t win.
I guess you could ask for the providers to put it in their terms of =
service so you have something actionable to sue on. Now see my previous =
post. I tell my provider =E2=80=9Cput in a clause that says you won=E2=80=99=
t sell my data=E2=80=9D. They reply =E2=80=9Cno=E2=80=9D. And I do =E2=80=A6=
what exactly?
. . . . . . . . .
Not sure we will get closure here. Some people think ISPs should be =
allowed to see data. Others do not. I am in the latter camp. The law is =
on the desk of POTUS which will do exactly what I do not want. My guess =
is he will sign it.=20
Posting to NANOG will not change that. Shall we agree to disagree and =
move on?
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
