[37635] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Stability of the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Langdell, PhD)
Fri May 18 16:31:03 2001
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From: "Tim Langdell, PhD" <langdell@technologist.com>
To: "William Allen Simpson" <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:22:48 -0700
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William,
I can assure you I am not a "troll". As most people know, I am the ex-CTO
(note, "ex") of New.Net. Come to think of it that might cause you to
classify me as a "troll" -- but that would be your choice, I guess.
So, an increase in support costs is "instability"? I am not sure I get that
...
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Allen Simpson" <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Stability of the Internet?
>
> Based on the email address, this was probably a troll.
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> Anyway, the fact that some of us now block BGP acceptance for the
> new.net blocks, because it causes us support costs, would be an
> argument that the Internet is less "stable".
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> "Tim Langdell, PhD" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I was asking specifically about "stability" (with a request that
> > someone perhaps try to explain what that might mean other than a term to
> > scare people with) rather than "compatibility". BTW, I don't think
".house"
> > is a New.net TLD ;-)
> >
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