"Default" Points on your Internet "Re: Re: Re:"

George Roettger geoincidents at nls.net
Tue Jun 15 03:02:33 UTC 2004


> Bad karma.  At the risk of adding another analogy, look at the
> countries that refuse to join the global economy.  Unless a
> network is ready to be self-sufficient, playing nice probably is
> a good idea.

I don't know if you've noticed, but the internet is based on an economy now,
it's not a free resource provided by foundations and higher education.
Without customers it shuts down.

Just ask any of the ISP's who aren't around any more.

Geo.




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