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On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 02:09:42AM -0500, Jeff Workman wrote: > This is the point where I would start questioning whether my business > relationship with this provider is such a wise idea, and also whether or > not this behavior is the provider's policy or just the network engineer on > duty's policy. I pay for bandwith, and for my upstream to at *least* do a > little bit to protect my investment. I understand that if I need more > than an ACL on my router interface that they will gladly (most > likely) sell me a managed firewall package but even without that, I expect > them to get the garbage off my pipe when I notice it. I don't even expect > them to take proactive measures to keep it off my wire, but when I see it, > I expect something to be done about it. If not, then I will let my money > do the talking elsewhere. Turning off the circuit was the executive opinion, not the technical opinion, of the provider. Simply put: this customer who was shut off paid less then other people in the building, so cutting their circuit made life easier for the provider. -- Bill Fumerola - Lame Duck, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. [email protected] / [email protected]
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