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Chris Parker wrote: >At 01:05 PM 5/9/2002 -0400, Daniel Golding wrote: >>You can publicly denounce them on a forum like this, which has doubtful >>effect. > >It informs other networks of the actions taken by said carrier. Od carrier. Other >networks may in turn change *their* business decisions based on that >information. Right! With the (mostly) unregulated nature of the internet as it stands right now, sometimes this is the only recourse we have when a provider does something stupid. Hopefully it'll cause said provider to wake up and smell the roses, but with C&W I doubt it. They're too egotistical to cave in to public pressure. >>Additionally, punishing folks for enforcing rational peering >>requirements is counterproductive. What's so rational about asking for 5000 routes? >Rational is a pretty subjective concept. :) Overly restrictive >covenants wrt housing have been struck down in the past. One could >make an analogy to overly restrive peering agreements if one wanted >to go down that particular rat hole... I actually hope it happens, real soon. >>I guess the best thing you can do is not take peering matters personally, >>and to remember that peering decisions are business decisions, and they by >>personalizing them, it creates unnecessary animosity. > How can I not take it personally when this person's business decision directly and immediately affected mine? Not to mention my quality of life, which is still recovering. Dean _____________________________________________ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.com
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