[51281] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Eat this RIAA (or, the war has begun?) - Why not all ISPs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vincent J. Bono)
Thu Aug 22 14:43:20 2002
From: "Vincent J. Bono" <vbono@vinny.org>
To: "Rob Healey" <rhealey@onvoy.com>,
"Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.sj.ca.us>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:42:45 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I don't know how an ILEC who also provided Internet would be able to
respond, but as a CLEC here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts
sometimes the only recourse a business has against a consumer is the ability
to say "I simply choose not to do business with you".
> Generic question related to this:
>
> Can ISP's arbitrarily refuse to give service to someone who tries
> to sign up? i.e. if everyone refused to give Sony service could they
> sue on some sort of discrimination/collusion charge?
>
> Do ISP/ASP/*SP's HAVE to provide services if someone knocks on the
> door requesting them or can they refuse for any reason what so ever?
>
> Any armchair lawyers, who play one on TV, have the/an answer?
>
> -Rob
>
