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RE: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS
From: Michael.Dillon () radianz com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:28:01 +0000
Even at an uber high charge (800/866 toll) of say $4.00 per call, they could still implement the changes save tons of money, and tons of
aspirin
when their headaches go away. Maybe someone here can draft up a $10,000,000.00 pitch it to them become an instant millionaire and save Comcast some money at the same time.
Far cheaper to capture their http connection and put up a page asking them if they use: 1. Normal mail - all email is sent via Comcast's mail servers using software like Outlook, Eudora and similar programs. For more info click here. 2. Own mail server - all mail is sent using an in-house mail server running software like sendmail, Postfix, QMail, etc. For more info click here. They have to make a choice and click the SEND button in order to free up their web browsing and there are links to info pages that explain what this is all about and how to configure their mail programs to play nicely. People who choose choice number 2 can now be invited to make sure that their mail servers are properly configured etc. Whenever you need to solve this kind of a problem involving lots of customers, you really need to put a good techie and a good marketing person together to brainstorm ideas. On their own, neither can solve the problem. --Michael Dillon
Current thread:
- Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Michael . Dillon (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Rich Kulawiec (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Dan Hollis (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Paul Vixie (Dec 06)
- RE: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Blake L. Smith - XtremeBandwidth.com, Inc. (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS J.D. Falk (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Dan Hollis (Dec 06)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS J. Oquendo (Dec 06)
- RE: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS D. Campbell MacInnes (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Joshua Brady (Dec 06)
- RE: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Michael . Dillon (Dec 07)
- RE: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS D. Campbell MacInnes (Dec 06)
- Re: Unflattering comments about ISPs and DDOS Rich Kulawiec (Dec 06)