In message <CF4E9F59-4A9E-4E03-8EB4-469C3DB15FF4@arbor.net>, "Dobbins, Roland" writes:
On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Mark Andrews wrote:
Such lines are tantamount to extortion especially if the ISP supplies commercial grade lines.
Patrick's talking about consumer broadband access. Such AUP stipulations are quite common.
I know and I would still argue that they are tantamount to extortion.
This is in no way 'tantamount to extortion'. Folks can either accept the AUP, or choose not to enter into a contract for the service in question under those conditions; there is no compulsion or coercion to do so.
So the home user that want to run a server now has to pay for COLO or pay the ISP for it commercial line that is delivered over the same physical circuit for extra dollars which gets what? Maybe a upgraded SLA and maybe some static addresses.
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