Re: ATTBI refuses to do reverse DNS?

["Frank P. Tower" <frankt () northnet net>]

> At 04:32 PM 6/19/02, Chris Woodfield wrote:
>
> > Time Warner agreed to do so as a condition of the AOL merger. Most other 
> > cable
> > companies are fighting this tooth and nail, and winning (see AT&T in 
> > Portland,
> > Oregon).
>
> And in doing it, so far they seem to only be allowing the likes of 
> Earthlink, not smaller providers. If anyone's got news to the contrary, I'd 
> sure like to hear it.

AOL/TW has authorized a smaller ISP (around 20,000 subscribers) in our
area (central Wisconsin) to offer service over their cable network.
Last I heard they were planning on a September start date.


> > -C
> >
> > > Was there not once upon a time there was a proposal to require cable-cos
> > > to provide what would effectively be layer-2 service to any IP provider?
> > >
> > > I think that requirement still stands in Canada, but until newer
> > > standards-compliant cable modems become more common it's "hard" to do
> > > and so nobody's doing it yet (and there is some whining on both sides).
> > >
> > > --
> > >                                                               Greg A. Woods
> > >
> > > +1 416 
> > 218-0098;  <gwoods () acm org>;  <g.a.woods () ieee org>;  <woods () robohack ca>
> > > Planix, Inc. <woods () planix com>; VE3TCP; Secrets of the Weird 
> > <woods () weird com>
>
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