<rant> Please define cheap. Oh yeah! I can opt for a 56K (frame relay) circuit for only $250 setup and $350/month plus another $125/month if my local loop is under 10 miles plus ~$500 for the hardware. That's $1225 the first month and $475/month after that. Yeah, Joe Consumer (me) is going to be willing to cough that up for 56K. Typical 768K DSL speeds pumps the cost to $500 setup and $850/month plus the $125 minimum for a local loop. We're into house payment territory now. :) </rant> Just my 2¢. The delete key is your friend. -Al Rowland -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Griffin [mailto:stephen.griffin@rcn.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:52 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: ATTBI refuses to do reverse DNS? In the referenced message, Daniel Senie said: <snip>...

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You neglect to include the option of the customer changing to an ISP that provides in-addr.

Please explain how a customer changes to another broadband vendor, or another CDPD vendor. Despite your company's presence in a limited number of markets, there are MANY people out there with only one choice (if they're lucky) for broadband. I'd be more likely to lose a customer than get them to change ISPs.

I would guess it would start with them looking at the businesses which provide service in their area. If all they want is the lowest cost provider, I would ponder the following: Cheap, Fast, Good, pick any two. There certainly are alternatives to Cheap, Fast, !Good providers. They may just be Cheap, !Fast, Good, or !Cheap, Fast, Good.