Re: BCP38 [Was: Re: TWC (AS11351) blocking all NTP?]

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com>]

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On 2/4/2014 10:47 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:09:02 -0800, Paul Ferguson said:
>
> > I'd like to echo Jared's sentiment here -- collectively
> > speaking, service providers need to figure out a way to deal with
> > this issue, before some congresscritters start to try to
> > introduce legislation that will force you to to do it in a way
> > that no one will like.
>
> Can somebody explain to me why those who run eyeball networks are
> able to block outbound packets when the customer hasn't paid their
> bill, but can't seem to block packets that shouldn't be coming from
> that cablemodem?
>
> (And yes, I know that in the first case, it urges the customer to
> cough up the bucks, and in the second case, it's usually not a
> revenue generator)

It's a dichotomy that is... unexplainable for me personally.

- - ferg



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Paul Ferguson
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