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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Points on your Internet driver's license (was RE: Even you can
> ... > If we give some people an option to opt-out, most grandmothers will > probably follow Paul's example and save the few bucks every month and not > use the security features. Should ISPs charge for security like the > Universial Service Fund fee on your telephone bill, everyone (not just > grandmothers) has to pay it. The FCC (or your national equivalent) would > sets the rate every quarter, and it appears on everyone's ISP bill. You > have to pay it, even if you already have other security. i like the plan i suggested in reply to jcurran better than the above plan. however, i'm now seeing more spam from hosts in my private blackhole list, that's fed by a darkspace IDS running on ports 25 and 80, than i am from all of my "dynamic/dialup blackhole list" subscriptions combined. so, if an fcc-based universal tariff is the only way to get this done, i'm willing to pay -- even though i own the routers on both ends of my home t1. -- Paul Vixie
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