[48909] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ATTBI refuses to do reverse DNS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rowland, Alan D)
Wed Jun 19 13:50:54 2002
From: "Rowland, Alan D" <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>
To: Stephen Griffin <stephen.griffin@rcn.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:49:57 -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
<rant>
Please define cheap.
Oh yeah! I can opt for a 56K (frame relay) circuit for only $250 setup =
and
$350/month plus another $125/month if my local loop is under 10 miles =
plus
~$500 for the hardware.
That's $1225 the first month and $475/month after that. Yeah, Joe =
Consumer
(me) is going to be willing to cough that up for 56K. Typical 768K DSL
speeds pumps the cost to $500 setup and $850/month plus the $125 =
minimum for
a local loop. We're into house payment territory now. :)
</rant>
Just my 2=A2. The delete key is your friend.
-Al Rowland
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Griffin [mailto:stephen.griffin@rcn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:52 AM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: ATTBI refuses to do reverse DNS?
In the referenced message, Daniel Senie said:
<snip>...
> >You neglect to include the option of the customer changing to an ISP
> >that provides in-addr.
>=20
> Please explain how a customer changes to another broadband vendor, or =
> another CDPD vendor. Despite your company's presence in a limited =
number
of=20
> markets, there are MANY people out there with only one choice (if =
they're=20
> lucky) for broadband. I'd be more likely to lose a customer than get =
them=20
> to change ISPs.
I would guess it would start with them looking at the businesses
which provide service in their area. If all they want is the lowest
cost provider, I would ponder the following:
Cheap, Fast, Good, pick any two.
There certainly are alternatives to Cheap, Fast, !Good providers. They
may just be Cheap, !Fast, Good, or !Cheap, Fast, Good.
