Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread Sean Donelan
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Owen DeLong wrote: Most places have no fiber last-mile. Some do. Of those that do, I know that many were installed by cable companies and that there are in many of those places utility taxes that are being collected and passed along to at least partially fund said

RE: What do we mean when we say competition? (was: Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-16 Thread Owen DeLong
--On November 15, 2005 11:02:18 PM -0800 David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On November 15, 2005 8:14:38 PM -0800 David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On November 15, 2005 6:28:21 AM -0800 David Barak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK... Let me try this again... True

Re: espanix.net gone

2005-11-16 Thread Fredy Kuenzler
Fredy Kuenzler wrote: I can't reach http://www.espanix.net/ for a while now. And I guess that the espanix.net range accidentally has been removed from advertising ... show ip bgp 193.149.1.201 % Network not in table No one seems to transit AS6895 volounterly anymore. Maybe someone can point

Re: Issue AS and Subnet Announcment on BGP - Conflict with a major TelCO - 30h+ of route flapping unresolved

2005-11-16 Thread Blaine Christian
J On Nov 16, 2005, at 12:15 AM, Alain Hebert wrote: Thanks. ( There is more interesting details but I will reserve myself. (; ) We're already working on making contact with the upstreams, but you're right I forgot about making more specific announcement. Thanks again.

RE: What do we mean when we say competition? (was: Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-16 Thread David Schwartz
In any case, the bottom line is that whether through subsidy, deal, or other mechanism, the last-mile infrastructure tends to end up being a monopoly or duopoly for most terrestrial forms of infrastructure. As such, I think we should accept that monopoly and limit the monopoly zone to that

Re: a record?

2005-11-16 Thread Patrick Lynchehaun
Title: Re: a record? In Iptables you can keep port 22 closed until needed, opening it first by telneting to a higher port say 5500 and Iptables just giving access to this ip. If you want to close it again you can telnet back in on another assigned port say 5501, thus closing ssh port to

RE: What do we mean when we say competition? (was: Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-16 Thread David Schwartz
Right, and this is appropriate. Large investments in infrastructure should *not* be made if there's already adequate service. Better to invest in places where there isn't. Is that still true if the adequate service is being provided at a price which is two to three times what it

Re: STILL Paging Google...

2005-11-16 Thread Niels Bakker
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Elvey) [Wed 16 Nov 2005, 01:56 CET]: Still no word from google, or indication that there's anything wrong with the robots.txt. Google's estimated hit count is going slightly up, instead of way down. robots.txt is about explicitly spidering your site; Google will

RE: What do we mean when we say competition? (was: Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-16 Thread Michael . Dillon
This separation model may turn out to be a very good one or a very bad one. But if we choose it and stick with it, what will happen in 50 or 100 years when it's either broken or irrelevent? Remember, we got to where we are now by choosing models that made sense in the voice telco time

Re: STILL Paging Google...

2005-11-16 Thread Michael . Dillon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Elvey) [Wed 16 Nov 2005, 01:56 CET]: Still no word from google, or indication that there's anything wrong with the robots.txt. Google's estimated hit count is going slightly up, instead of way down. Way back in the early '90's someone came up with an elegant

Re: paypal down!

2005-11-16 Thread Harald Koch
Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.paypal.com Port 80 Paypal is an SSL-only service, and port 443 is working just fine. It appears that it's only the port 80 - port 443 redirector that's down... -- Harald

Re: a record?

2005-11-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 11/16/05, Patrick Lynchehaun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Iptables you can keep port 22 closed until needed, opening it first by telneting to a higher port say 5500 and Iptables just giving access to this ip. If you want to close it again you can telnet back in on another assigned port say

Re: Issue AS and Subnet Announcment on BGP - Conflict with a major TelCO - 30h+ of route flapping unresolved

2005-11-16 Thread Alain Hebert
Hi, A. Yeap we got the ok B. I used /21 instead C. Once that TelCo stop being a child we'll be back to /20, I'll like to keep it clean. FYI: We had excellent support from the peers of that TelCo, so the matters should be resolved today and the subnet back to be announced in

RE: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread David Barak
--- Owen DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that still true if the adequate service is being provided at a price which is two to three times what it should be costing and the provider is enjoying the ability to do this because nobody else is in the market space? I'm confused. Earlier in

Re: What do we mean when we say competition? (was: Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-16 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Hello; On Nov 16, 2005, at 1:16 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: --On November 15, 2005 8:14:38 PM -0800 David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On November 15, 2005 6:28:21 AM -0800 David Barak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK... Let me try this again... True competition requires that it be

RE: Issue AS and Subnet Announcment on BGP - Conflict with a major TelCO - 30h+ of route flapping unresolved

2005-11-16 Thread Bora Akyol
Maybe they should? Or at least provide a database that is signed so that people can check what is getting announced vs what was really allocated at least off line. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Gucker Sent: Tuesday, November

RE: What do we mean when we say competition? (was: Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-16 Thread Owen DeLong
--On November 16, 2005 4:23:20 AM -0800 David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case, the bottom line is that whether through subsidy, deal, or other mechanism, the last-mile infrastructure tends to end up being a monopoly or duopoly for most terrestrial forms of infrastructure.

Re: Issue AS and Subnet Announcment on BGP - Conflict with a major TelCo - RESOLVED

2005-11-16 Thread Alain Hebert
Hi, 1. Get the peers involved. We got help from bigger players than them. 2. Get more specific announcement of the subnets in question. Be a good netadmin, don't leave them for too long... 3. Get your management involved. They can call upon legal means of making it

the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Randy Bush
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:42:41PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673 Hrmmm... The future of the net? You mean, will crazy people continue to post crazy rants about things they clearly don't fully understand? All signs point to yes. You can just call me

Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread JC Dill
David Barak wrote: --- Owen DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that still true if the adequate service is being provided at a price which is two to three times what it should be costing and the provider is enjoying the ability to do this because nobody else is in the market space? I'm

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Steve Meuse
On 11/16/05, Richard A Steenbergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:42:41PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673Hrmmm... The future of the net? You mean, will crazy people continue to post crazy rants about things they clearly don't fully understand?

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Warren Kumari
Oh, the irony - all I get is: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. I guess in the future the net is going to be exactly the same is it it now... Warren On Nov 16, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:42:41PM -0800, Randy Bush

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warren Kumari wri tes: Oh, the irony - all I get is: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. Same here. --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Randy Bush
Oh, the irony - all I get is: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. I guess in the future the net is going to be exactly the same is it it now... http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673 same here not half an hour after i read it at that url i guess the sbc ceo did

Someone from nic.net registrar please contact me off-list

2005-11-16 Thread Evaldo Gardenali
Thanks Evaldo Gardenali

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Gordon Cook
I hit it right after randy posted it and read the whole thing...very good very rich ...filled with links and yeah now its gone and the text seems not to be retrievable from my cache. Doc Searles will surely say what the heck happened??? spooky and i agree with the kevin werbach quote - be

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Bubba Parker
Here's a copy of the article: http://209.218.71.2/lj/savingthenet.htm On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:08:26PM -0500, Gordon Cook wrote: I hit it right after randy posted it and read the whole thing...very good very rich ...filled with links and yeah now its gone and the text seems not to be

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread bmanning
and it still is in mine the print edition doesn't have clickable links, but is also a fine resource. --bill On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:08:26PM -0500, Gordon Cook wrote: I hit it right after randy posted it and read the whole thing...very good very rich ...filled with links and

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Bubba Parker
Seems to be back up now. On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 03:17:45AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and it still is in mine the print edition doesn't have clickable links, but is also a fine resource. --bill On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:08:26PM -0500, Gordon Cook wrote: I hit it

Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread David Barak
--- JC Dill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Barak wrote: --- Owen DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that still true if the adequate service is being provided at a price which is two to three times what it should be costing and the provider is enjoying the ability to do this

Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread Owen DeLong
Windows 98 price (in 1997) - $209 Office 97 Standard (in 1997) - $689 Windows XP price (now) - $199. Office 2003 (now) - $399. Want to try that again? Yes... Here's some more accurate data: Windows 3.1 price $49 Windows 3.1.1 price $99 Windows 95 (Personal) price $59 Windows 98

Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread J. Oquendo
To : David Barak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : nanog@merit.edu Attchmnt: Subject : Re: What do we mean when we say competition? - Message Text - On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, David Barak wrote: Windows * prices - $??? Slackware in 98 - A few hours downloading. The problems most people

Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread David Barak
--- Owen DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows 98 price (in 1997) - $209 Office 97 Standard (in 1997) - $689 Windows XP price (now) - $199. Office 2003 (now) - $399. Want to try that again? Yes... Here's some more accurate data: Windows 3.1 price $49 Windows 3.1.1

RE: Someone from nic.net registrar please contact me off-list

2005-11-16 Thread Hannigan, Martin
Thanks Evaldo Gardenali You know, if people are going to post here as a paging service, it would be nice to put some indication as to why - perhaps the rest of us can assist more quickly? 9 times out of 10 we can since it's usually operator/user error and not necessarily the providers

Re: What do we mean when we say competition?

2005-11-16 Thread Owen DeLong
--On November 16, 2005 9:25:29 PM -0800 David Barak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Owen DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows 98 price (in 1997) - $209 Office 97 Standard (in 1997) - $689 Windows XP price (now) - $199. Office 2003 (now) - $399. Want to try that again? Yes...

Re: STILL Paging Google...

2005-11-16 Thread Matthew Elvey
Ok, the bug is still there. Received replies from helpful folks who missed various parts of my posts. I'll stop posting about this now; it is indeed a bit OT. As I said in my initial post: I'm looking for a fix, not a workaround, and again: See http://www.google.com/webmasters/remove.html

Re: the future of the net

2005-11-16 Thread Gregory Hicks
Cc: nanog@merit.edu From: Gordon Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: the future of the net Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:08:26 -0500 To: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hit it right after randy posted it and read the whole thing...very good very rich ...filled with links and yeah now