Re: Points on your Internet driver's license (was RE: Even you can

[Paul Vixie <vixie () vix com>]

davids () webmaster com ("David Schwartz") writes:

> > ISPs don't put the pollution in the water, ISPs are trying to clean up
> > the water polluted by others.  ISPs are spending a lot of money cleaning
> > up problems created by other people.
>
>       ISPs do put the pollution in the water. They own/run the pipes that
> carry the pollution into the ocean. Nobody cares about pollution inside
> the ISP's own network, we only care about the pollution they put into our
> water. They own, run, and manage

"and profit from"

> the pipes that put the pollution where it can harm others. They have
> continuous control over the process and ultimately decide who does or
> does not put things into those pipes and influence the policies.

yea, verily.
-- 
Paul Vixie