Can a Customer take their IP's with them? (Court says yes!)

Tue Jun 29 15:37:37 UTC 2004

> Worse case scenario. I think this is a bad precedent,
> and poor judgement on the part of the defendent ISP,
> for the small number block they have. The long term
> potential harm could result in small ISP's not being
> able to get number blocks thus making it more
> difficult for small companies to gain better backbone
> access, from their Tier 1 host counterparts and could
> trigger a potentional shakeout in the industry.

the current social environment encourages self-interest
over responsibility.  as i learned when doing the verio
m&a of 60+ isps, "think locally, act globally" is the
motto of the small to medium isp.  as the market
continues to 'mature' (think aerospace in the late
'60s) the desperation of the small and the greed of the
large will not lessen the pressures toward social
irresponsibility.

randy