OT: Interesting email I received

Fri Feb 1 22:31:33 UTC 2002

Not so fast...I just pulled it up:

traceroute to national-isp.org (65.114.61.35): 1-30 hops, 38 byte packets
 7  atl-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.8.153)  20.1 ms (ttl=248!)  19.9 ms 
(ttl=248!)  19.8 ms (ttl=248!)
 8  atl-edge-14.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.182)  19.3 ms (ttl=247!)  25.9 ms 
(ttl=247!)  19.4 ms (ttl=247!)
 9  208.47.124.58 (208.47.124.58)  35.3 ms  35.4 ms  35.6 ms
10  national-isp.org (65.114.61.35)  36.3 ms  35.4 ms  35.5 ms

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 02:19:41PM -0800, Joe Blanchard wrote:
> 
> I just had to call that number on his web page
> and ask if it was some sort of joke, The guy 
> there "Paul" didn't have any idea that his
> services were disrupted, and he even seemed 
> excited at the prospect of doing some Bulk/Spam 
> Email for me. 
> 
> When I mentioned I couldn't get to his webpage
> He seemed surprised. I ended the convo with 
> "You should really read the TOS with your ISP" <click>
> 
> hahaha. I would love to hear the conversation between him
> and Qwest Tech/Support. 
> 
> Cheers!
> -Joe
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Daniel Lark[SMTP:dlark at elmresources.com]
> > Reply To: 	dlark at elmresources.com
> > Sent: 	Friday, February 01, 2002 2:04 PM
> > To: 	'Christopher A. Woodfield'; 'Dan Hollis'
> > Cc: 	nanog at merit.edu
> > Subject: 	RE: OT: Interesting email I received
> > 
> > 
> > Guess Qwest already yanked 'em. Yay!!!
> > 
> > -dan
> > 
> > traceroute to 65.114.61.35 (65.114.61.35), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
> >  1  host1.elmresources.com (208.253.213.1)  0.588 ms  0.558 ms  0.474 ms
> >  2  958.Serial1-1.GW6.SCL1.ALTER.NET (157.130.213.173)  10.282 ms  9.652
> > ms  13.142 ms
> >  3  168.at-5-0-0.XR4.SCL1.ALTER.NET (152.63.52.54)  9.691 ms  10.168 ms
> > 9.997 ms
> >  4  0.so-1-0-0.XL2.SCL1.ALTER.NET (152.63.55.97)  9.978 ms  10.341 ms
> > 9.870 ms
> >  5  0.so-6-0-0.XL2.SAC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.54.142)  15.447 ms  16.494 ms
> > 15.253 ms
> >  6  0.so-3-0-0.XR2.SAC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.54.2)  14.642 ms  15.195 ms
> > 14.934 ms
> >  7  184.ATM7-0.BR3.SAC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.50.197)  15.544 ms  14.990 ms
> > 15.905 ms
> >  8  sjo-brdr-04.inet.qwest.net (205.171.4.97)  28.136 ms  27.808 ms
> > 27.985 ms
> >  9  sjo-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.22.118)  29.459 ms  28.163 ms
> > 27.818 ms
> > 10  sjo-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.22.2)  28.376 ms  27.821 ms
> > 28.014 ms
> > 11  iah-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.5.145)  68.262 ms  68.128 ms
> > 68.277 ms
> > 12  iah-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.31.2)  68.851 ms  69.238 ms
> > 69.663 ms
> > 13  atl-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.5.194)  101.938 ms  103.496 ms
> > 101.837 ms
> > 14  atl-edge-14.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.182)  94.106 ms  93.772 ms
> > 93.874 ms
> > 15  * * *
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of
> > Christopher A. Woodfield
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:56 PM
> > To: Dan Hollis
> > Cc: Daniel Lark; nanog at merit.edu
> > Subject: Re: OT: Interesting email I received
> > 
> > 
> > Given the latency on the last two hops, I'll bet this is a DSL line, or
> > someone's 
> > taken it upon themselves to render whatever circuit they have useless...
> > 
> > -C
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:43:10PM -0800, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Daniel Lark wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: National ISP [mailto:admin at national-isp.org] 
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:13 PM
> > > > To: dlark at elmresources.com
> > > > Subject: Bulk email ISP
> > > > National ISP Co. is a business class bulk email friendly ISP.
> > > > We are dedicated to supporting your company with your
> > > > email advertising program.
> > > > Have the "Peace of Mind",  knowing that you will not be
> > > > shut down by your present ISP.
> > > > our website address is  >>  WWW.NATIONAL-ISP.ORG
> > > 
> > > Tracing the route to NATIONAL-ISP.ORG (65.114.61.35)
> > > [...]
> > >  15 atl-edge-14.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.182) [AS 209] 132 msec 100
> > msec 144 msec
> > >  16 208.47.124.58 [AS 209] 388 msec 852 msec 608 msec
> > >  17 NATIONAL-ISP.ORG (65.114.61.35) [AS 209] 524 msec 584 msec 268
> > msec
> > > 
> > > Well, qwest *is* bulk-friendly...
> > > 
> > > -Dan
> > > -- 
> > > [-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > ---------------------------
> > Christopher A. Woodfield		rekoil at semihuman.com
> > 
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> > 
> > 

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