On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 05:01:42PM -0500, John Dupuy wrote:
If one is going to use the car analogy, then the ISP is the street, not the car. The car is the user's computer or customer premise equipment. Streets do not have airbags. (Though that is an interesting concept.) At best, streets have features that influence safety & traffic such as stop signs and guard rails, but even a well designed street does not actually prevent car accidents or dictate what kind of person is riding in a car.
I disagree. The street is the transit providers. Road Runner is the car. (Well, *bus*, actually :-). If I put my kid on the bus, yes, I expect it to protect him. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me