[43964] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Osmon)
Mon Oct 29 13:27:10 2001
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:23:39 -0700
From: John Osmon <josmon@rigozsaurus.com>
To: "Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <20011029130500.B31455@semihuman.com>; from rekoil@semihuman.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:05:00PM -0500
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:05:00PM -0500, Christopher A. Woodfield wrote:
>
> [...] the "get another provider if you object"
> argument doesn't work nearly as well if there's only one DSL or cable
> provider that serves the customer.
[...]
Not to sound too trite, but in general you *do* get what you pay for.
No one said that your choice of providers would all have equal costs.
If you are in a place where DSL works, you can most likely get a T1
to any provder you wish. Pick one that doesn't get placed on the
RBL.
--
John Osmon "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs
john@osmon.net began to take hold"
-- Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur"
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