[12602] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Isn't the Net such a nice place...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Tue May 24 03:55:54 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: gwh@crl.com (George Herbert)
Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 22:16:37 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, gwh@crl.com
In-Reply-To: <199405231946.AA12193@crl.crl.com> from "George Herbert" at May 23, 94 12:46:30 pm
>
> Netcom announces that it's going to drop Canter and Siegel's
> account, and now CRL (the lone remaining provider who hasn't
> cut them off) is getting phone threats about bad things happening
> to our system if we don't do the same.
>
> -george william herbert
> gwh@crl.com Speaking only for myself
Blech.
My position on something like that is that our contract is strong enough
that the first time they spam from our systems they get a HUGE frigging
bill for the expenses they cause us. That policy, by the way, includes
attorneys and other fees which we incur in fixing the problem.
If they don't pay it, they get cut off. Period.
If they do pay the bill, then their ads aren't worth the "investment" if
the bill is high enough.
The proper remedy for this problem is a PROPER contract with the user base,
and make damn sure its signed before you turn on the access!
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