Except that your ISP holds you hostage because it "owns" your DNS entries until you can get them moved somewhere else. Changing ISPs is not a trivial task for most small- to medium-sized businesses.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:59 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: ISP/Exchange Question On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, at 10:19am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> You do not own your ISP's network, your ISP does. > > And that makes any arbitrary decision they choose to implement acceptable? Acceptable? Perhaps not. You can always switch to another ISP. Of course, if all ISPs are doing the same thing, then you can either accept it, or go without Internet access. Nobody is forcing you to use the Internet. > Please sign up here for the Patriot Service Plan comrade. The Internet is not a government service. It is not a constitutional right, either. You are paying a private company to allow them to let you access their network. They can impose whatever terms they like on that. You can accept them, or not. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
