In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.1401301829440.20750@whammy.cluebyfour.org>, "Justin M . Streiner" writes:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Mark Andrews wrote:
In Australia I would sue Telstra, Optus, ... if their customers couldn't reach me due to routes being filtered. I would take this to the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) as a restraint of trade issue.
And if the provider doing the filtering isn't in $your_country? I'm sure a few tech-savvy lawyers are salivating over this one.
jms
I figure there will be similar problem for other business in other countries and they will fight a similar battles. Eventually the regulators will step in because it is bad for small businesses to be shut out of the Internet. Hopefully most/all eyeball networks will be delivering IPv6 connectivity before allocations like these are needed. Collectively you only have yourselves to blame if there are needed in earnest. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@isc.org