[Think it's about time for a subject change.] At 11:23 AM 10/29/2001 -0700, John Osmon wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:05:00PM -0500, Christopher A. Woodfield wrote:
[...] the "get another provider if you object" argument doesn't work nearly as well if there's only one DSL or cable provider that serves the customer.
[...]
Not to sound too trite, but in general you *do* get what you pay for. No one said that your choice of providers would all have equal costs.
If you are in a place where DSL works, you can most likely get a T1 to any provder you wish. Pick one that doesn't get placed on the RBL.
Personally, I agree with Christopher. Unfortunately, I do not see a way around it. If you do not filter spamers, how do you stop them? If you do filter spamers, how to do stop from occasionally hurting people in Christopher's situation? I dunno. Suggestions? Just to be clear, I would not, do not, and cannot tell another network how to filter their e-mail, traffic, prefixes, etc. I have no right to do so. (But I certainly will make fun of some of them for the way they filter - which is a right I have. :)
John Osmon "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs
-- TTFN, patrick