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Re: ISPs as content-police or method-police

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Johnson)
Tue Nov 21 10:57:51 2000

Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:06:32 -0500
From: Mike Johnson <mike.johnson@isunnetworks.com>
To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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Roeland Meyer [rmeyer@mhsc.com] wrote:
 
> 4) Offer port filtering as an added premium service that adds to your
> revenue stream. That way it is customer choice. However, this only applies
> to access providers. Backbone providers don't have this option.

<me too>
Yes, this is -exactly- my thoughts on it.  
</me too>

I also still firmly believe that backbone providers should not port filter.
I think that access providers should look at Roeland's suggestion and
go that route.

Mike
-- 
Mike Johnson
Network Engineer / iSun Networks, Inc.
Morrisville, NC
All opinions are mine, not those of my employer


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