At 11:16 AM 6/24/2004, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:22:02 +0700, "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net> said:
Not at all. You can terminate for actions prejudicial to the safety and security of the system. Has nothing to do with anti-trust.
I suspect that the spammer can find a lawyer who is willing to argue the idea that the "safety and security" of the AS701 backbone was not prejudiced by the spammer's actions, unless AS701 is able to show mtrg graphs and the like showing that the spammer was actually sending enough of a volume to swamp their core routers....
Likewise, I imagine MCI could argue that the damage is to their core product; namely, the trust of other ISPs and their willingness to exchange traffic with MCI. ~Ben --- Ben Browning <benb@theriver.com> The River Internet Access Co. WA Operations Manager 1-877-88-RIVER http://www.theriver.com