"it's AOL's fault" because the provider themselves didn't properly set up an RADB entry so the ANS network ...

I find it amusing that the only utility ascribed to the RADB by network operators almost always has to do with being reachable from ANS. It's also tragic, actually. I'm glad that my taxes go up to the receiver-general for Canada sometimes rather than going to a project which frequently appears to benefit one and only one U.S.-based network service provider. Anyway, typically the only time we hear problems with respect to the RADB is when someone wants to talk to AOL and cannot, or when some ANS customer can't get to anything behind us or somewhere downstream from us. It'd be very interesting to see what happens to the RADB the second AOL has Internet connectivity through another provider... It'd certainly reduce the incidence of people updating the RADB to fix disconnectivities. Sean.