BCP38 [Was: Re: TWC (AS11351) blocking all NTP?]

Tue Feb 4 18:53:51 UTC 2014

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On 2/4/2014 10:47 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:09:02 -0800, Paul Ferguson said:
> 
>> I'd like to echo Jared's sentiment here -- collectively
>> speaking, service providers need to figure out a way to deal with
>> this issue, before some congresscritters start to try to
>> introduce legislation that will force you to to do it in a way
>> that no one will like.
> 
> Can somebody explain to me why those who run eyeball networks are
> able to block outbound packets when the customer hasn't paid their
> bill, but can't seem to block packets that shouldn't be coming from
> that cablemodem?
> 
> (And yes, I know that in the first case, it urges the customer to
> cough up the bucks, and in the second case, it's usually not a
> revenue generator)
> 

It's a dichotomy that is... unexplainable for me personally.

- - ferg

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Paul Ferguson
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