Lazy network operators

Wed Apr 14 15:42:56 UTC 2004

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Michel Py wrote:

> 
> > David Cantrell wrote:
> > Sounds to me like you need a new ISP.
> 
> > Stephen J. Wilcox:
> > Not being happy with the ISP's smarthost is not justification
> > to run your own; you should change ISPs..
> 
> Always like when people have miracle solutions. Care to suggest just _one_
> that does it for $36 a month? That includes:

Move to the UK, I'll do one for you..

> - Static IP
> - 384k up
> - 1.5m down
> - historically very high reliability
> - national dial-up account included
> - 50 meg attachements authorized
> - mailing list traffic (large number of recipients)
> 
> I'm all ears?

Ok so now you hit another problem, what you're saying is that the cablecos are 
running at such small margin that they are no longer in a position to implement 
policies like this and fix their smarthost systems? 

Sounds like this solution has come to a halt on economic grounds.

Steve

> 
> 
> > Daryl G. Jurbala wrote:
> > Reverting to 56k dialup to solve a mail relay
> > problem on your only choice for 3MB/512k service
> > doesn't exactly sound reasonable.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> > Petri Helenius wrote:
> > Changing providers when problems arise is a viable
> > option when;
> > - Available services are more uniform
> > - Email addresses are generally portable
> > - Switching your local access provider happens in
> > less than a business day or two
> > And as has been previously stated, most people
> > don´t have multiple options for local provider
> > unless they want to dial up.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Michel.
> 
> 