Lazy network operators

Sun Apr 11 02:47:25 UTC 2004

Suresh writes:
Chris Boyd writes:
>> NTL World no longer accepts abuse@ email.  You have to go to a web form 
>> that requires javascript be enabled and enter all of the information 
>> for them.  I guess that they got tired of processing the the abuse@ 
>> mail load and just bit bucketed it.
>
>NTL peers at Linx, right?  I'm sure somebody's mentioned
>http://www.linx.net/noncore/bcp/ube-bcp.html to them?

None of the surrounding docs or linx membership agreement
make compliance with linx BCPs mandatory.

However, it is socially odorous at least.
They're not the first ISP to do that, 
and won't be the last, but I don't do business
with (and often, blackhole) those that do.

-george william herbert
gherbert at retro.com