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RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic
From: "David Schwartz" <davids () webmaster com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:12:19 -0700
At 02:45 AM 8/28/2003, David Schwartz wrote:
No that wouldnt work, that was be an analogy to non-usage based eg I buy a 10Mb port from you and you dont charge me extra for unwanted bandwidth across your network..
The point is that 'usage' is supposed to be 'what you use', not what somebody else uses. 'My' traffic is the traffic I want, not the traffic you try to give me that I don't want.
An Internet-connected line is like an 800 phone line. You get connected, you "advertise" your presence, you have no control over who calls, you pay the bill for the incoming calls. That's just *how it is*. jc
The last time I went looking for more bandwidth from a new provider (5 months ago or so), I talked to five major providers. I told each one that we would not pay for attack traffic after we notified them of the problem but were willing to pay a reasonable 'per-incident' fee (say $500). Not one of these providers had any problem with that. So it's not "how it is". DS
Current thread:
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic, (continued)
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic Stephen J. Wilcox (Aug 28)
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic David Schwartz (Aug 28)
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic Stephen J. Wilcox (Aug 28)
- Re: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic bdragon (Aug 31)
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic David Schwartz (Aug 31)
- Re: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic Omachonu Ogali (Aug 31)
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic David Schwartz (Aug 31)
- Re: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic Omachonu Ogali (Aug 31)
- RE: Measured Internet good v. "bad" traffic David Schwartz (Aug 29)