Eugeniu Patrascu wrote:
Gadi Evron wrote:
Barton F Bruce wrote:
Stopping the abuse is fine, but cutting service to the point that a family using VOIP only for their phone service can't call 911 and several children burn to death could bring all sorts of undesirable regulation let alone the bad press and legal expenses.
While a legitimate concern it's also a red herring, as it's a technical problem looking for a technical solution.
Gadi.
I think the need for someone being able to call 911 from their VoIP outweighs your right to claim that they should be disconnected from the Internet.
Again, I don't disagree, but I see it as a technical issue which is solvable. I don't see why this is THE issue. It's really just changing the subject of the discussion.
Besides, if that provider wants to help out, he might setup a captive portal or something with information regarding tools to clean their computer.
-- Gadi Evron, ge@linuxbox.org. Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/