[63862] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: internet consumers forum?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Sat Oct 11 16:31:08 2003
To: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@deaddrop.org>
Cc: Nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:01:49 PDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:30:05 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:01:49 PDT, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@deaddrop.org> said:
> Do you mean them? Am I a business (you don't know the answer to that,
> trust me)? Do I represent one (you don't know the answer to that one,
> either)?
Heck, some days I don't even know if *I* am a business or not. We get to
straddle the line between "IT/networking for a $400M/yr organization" and
"ISP for 30-80K users" (depending how you count) and a few other things.
> sounds like you have a solution looking for a problem. There is no such
> thing as "informed consumers of internet services," at least not in any
> reality I inhabit. YMMV, HTH, HAND.
A case could be made that the lack of such informed consumers is part of the
reason we're having the concurrent "block all servers" thread. On the other hand,
a forum isn't the solution there. We collectively decided that letting unclued Joe Sixpack
get connected for $19.95/mo was a good idea, and we're stuck with it (though
if anybody gets a workable way to charge $24.95/mo for a "premier secure" filtered
service I'll not fight it unless they flagrantly break truth-in-advertising laws. ;)
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