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RE: "Default" Internet Service

  • From: Owen DeLong
  • Date: Mon Jun 14 19:20:09 2004 
Smith, Donald wrote:

> First are the consumers willing to pay for a "safer" internet
> DSL/dial/isdn?
>
Why should they have to?

Because it costs money to mitigate the attacks coming from their
infected machines.
It takes people and people want to be paid. Given a larger security
abuse team we could do more.


That's a reason abusers should have to pay cleanup fees.  It's not a
reason responsible or naive users should pay more for a safer internet
unless they choose to.

Owen


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