RE: ATTBI refuses to do reverse DNS?

["Rowland, Alan D" <alan_r1 () corp earthlink net>]

<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>...

> > 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.