On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, JC Dill wrote:
At 11:51 AM 01/13/2003 -0900, you wrote:
Just wondering if anyone here has some info ? Any idea if the final nail is in inet-access ?
If there is a rumor going around that the end of inet-access is near, someone forgot to tell me anything about it. The inet-access list is alive and well, with ~1000 subscribers, and over 100 posts so far in January 2003. (I know, that's a low number when compared to nanog, but then again we tend to stay on-topic a bit more over there.)
I think the primary problem is that a lot of people were subscribed through twistedpair.ca, which was a redistributer of the list (i.e. you would subscribe to inet-access@mx.twistedpair.ca, and get the list@inet-access.net mails). They're also the primary result when searching for "inet-access archives" on google. It appears that sometime in september, they got unsubscribed from inet-access, and as a result, people who were subscribed through them, and people who follow along through the archives (like myself), were given the impression it was completely dead. As for inet-access being more on-topic than NANOG, that's only because the scope of NANOG is much more narrow. On inet-access, you're only off topic if you're not talking about issues related to providing internet access. Another possible reason inet-access is more on-topic is because JC's ten times more dictatorial than Susan. She doesn't care if you've been posting for 7 years, if you annoy her, you're gone unless you do what she tells you to. But I'm bitter and biased...mea culpa. Andy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access