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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/4/22 2:03 PM, Matthew Petach
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<div>I would argue they don't have much of a choice:</div>
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<div>"The economic sanctions put in place as a result of
the invasion and the increasingly uncertain security
situation make it impossible for Cogent to continue to
provide you with service."</div>
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<div>I would expect to see others follow suit if that
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<div>That's an interesting slope to slide along...</div>
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<div>I fully understand ISPs disconnecting customers for
non-payment; we've </div>
<div>all had to do that at one point or another in our
careers, I'm sure. </div>
<div>However, that's generally done *after* the customer has
demonstrated </div>
<div>an inability or unwillingness to pay their bills.</div>
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<div>This doesn't seem to indicate that any existing invoices
have gone </div>
<div>unpaid past their due date, but simply that there is
*concern* that a </div>
<div>future bill might go unpaid due to the economic
sanctions. </div>
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<div>I'm not sure that's a good precedent for a service
provider to create; </div>
<div>"we may terminate your service at any point if we suspect
that at an </div>
<div>unspecified time in the future, you may become unable to
pay future </div>
<div>invoices." </div>
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<div>Shades of Minority Report. We'll imprison you today for
a crime we </div>
<div>suspect you will commit in the future. ^_^;</div>
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<div>If and when bills go unpaid, I fully support turning off
customers. </div>
<div>I worry about the precedent of disconnecting based on
suspicions </div>
<div>of what might happen in the future, however. </div>
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<p>With sanctions, isn't there a possibility that they literally
*can't* get paid? That is, they are running on free service as of
now?</p>
<p>Mike<br>
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