[85367] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3's side of the story
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Fri Oct 7 23:29:41 2005
In-Reply-To: <4E516A1C-48BA-4EE6-81B3-6D04E5A9BBD2@kuhtz.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:26:39 -0400
To: Christian Kuhtz <christian@kuhtz.com>
From: John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 11:00 PM -0400 10/7/05, Christian Kuhtz wrote:
>What's your point? Are you seriously suggesting this should be regulated?
It doesn't appear necessary at all; industry self-regulation seems to be working just fine here...
(one might claim almost too well :-) )
>.. let the customers draw their own consequences and conclusions based on the actions of the companies who serve them.
>Thankfully, Internet connectivity is ubiquitous for the most part, and this is hardly the same as essential services (those who consider it that, are fools not to have diversity).
Those un-essential Internet services increasingly carry voice services that are considered essential by many consumers, and for whom diversity is not a realistic option. Leaving them completely open to the consequences of service provider actions would be quite an innovative curve in public policy.
/John
