[61485] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Fun new policy at AOL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Fri Aug 29 11:57:17 2003
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:56:48 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Jack Bates" <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>> Michel Py wrote:
>> If ISPs don't want people to run SMTP servers on their DSL
>> line they should provide a top-notch smarthost, which most
>> don't.=20
> Jack Bates wrote:
> The one's that don't provide a top-notch smarthost usually
> don't handle abuse complaints either.
True. sigh.
> Just what do they do for their customers? I'm curious.
They provide the local loop and IP transit, which are the only two
things a significant part of non-dial-up customers care about.
Michel.
