[71390] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Points on your Internet driver's license
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Nelson)
Sun Jun 13 18:21:31 2004
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:19:38 -0400
To: John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org>, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
From: Rob Nelson <ronelson@vt.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <p06020404bcf22ea4d607@[192.168.1.101]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>In most states, the power company cannot connect service to a home
>or business until it has been inspected by a building inspector... This
>is to keep the number of fried customers to the lower possible value.
>And yes, it is possible to do your own power box work, but expect the
>inspector to be very thorough if you aren't also a licensed electrician.
>
>So, who's checking these local LAN's to make sure they don't melt or
>burst into flame once hooked up?
In this aspect, the ISP is providing the connection on the WAN side, not
the LAN side.
Unless you're paying $400 for them to install an $80 wireless system or
some such, in which case I'll do it for $200 ;)
Rob Nelson
ronelson@vt.edu
