Subject: Re: Stability of the Internet?
From: William Allen Simpson <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:02:19 -0400

Based on the email address, this was probably a troll.

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Anyway, the fact that some of us now block BGP acceptance for the 
new.net blocks, because it causes us support costs, would be an 
argument that the Internet is less "stable".

"Tim Langdell, PhD" wrote:
> 
> Yes, I was asking specifically about "stability" (with a request that
> someone perhaps try to explain what that might mean other than a term to
> scare people with) rather than "compatibility".  BTW, I don't think ".house"
> is a New.net TLD ;-)
>