[71447] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Default" Points on your Internet "Re: Re: Re:"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Roettger)
Mon Jun 14 23:06:33 2004
From: "George Roettger" <geoincidents@nls.net>
To: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:02:33 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Bad karma. At the risk of adding another analogy, look at the
> countries that refuse to join the global economy. Unless a
> network is ready to be self-sufficient, playing nice probably is
> a good idea.
I don't know if you've noticed, but the internet is based on an economy now,
it's not a free resource provided by foundations and higher education.
Without customers it shuts down.
Just ask any of the ISP's who aren't around any more.
Geo.
