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Welcome the Internet version of "Too big to fail". I like the corollary: If it's too big to fail, it's too big, and needs to be broken up. Otherwise, we get an oligarchy, > -----Original Message----- > From: Seth Mattinen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Atrivo/Intercage: Now Only 1 Upstream > > Lamar Owen wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 September 2008 13:34:22 Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >> On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:32 PM, David Ulevitch wrote: > >>> At the end of the day, nobody is going to drop packets > for amazon's > >>> IP space. > > > >> I'm afraid reality disagrees with you - there already are networks > >> doing it. > > > > Indeed. Google's e-mail servers get on the various DNSBL's > frequently. > > > I occasionally get in to an argument with a customer who is > trying to get mail from someone after a spam run came out of > a google mail server and landed it on a DNSBL. The argument > presented to me always boils down to "Google could never do > anything wrong" or "Google is too big to do anything wrong" > and I should immediately stop recommending any DNSBL that > would dare to block Google. > > ~Seth > >
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