Sure, I'll tell Cox what to do because I'm a customer and it's our network. It's not their network, it's ours, because their lines run though my backyard and the PSC won't let you run another one there even it you did have the money and knowledge to do it. I'd be quicker to tell Cox what kind of service I expect from my network if there was another operator that could legally offer the same service without restrictions. There are none because the Baby Bells were allowed to crush all of the DSL providers and the FCC missallocates spectrum. Making a buck does not justify anti-social behavior.
Reducing spam does not justify limiting freedom. The US could eliminate 80% of the world's spam by outlawing Windows. All sorts of other nefarious activity would also be eliminated and we would suddenly have a lot more internet to use for things we all want. The lever would be a set of certifications for connecting to any public network, but then you get back to a political issue: M$ would use our corrupt government to be the only certified party. Freedom is not the root of the spam problem and blocking port 25 has not solved it. There is a technical solution and this list exists to promote it. If internet service providers really cared about bandwith and spam, they would be turning those broken Windows boxes off. If ordinary users were forced to directly bear the cost of their insecure software, they would quickly fix things. My ability to get around Cox does not make what they do right. If Cox is allowed to do it to me in my house, ATT might get away with doing the same to commercial interests and then we'd all have fewer choices. Choices come with freedom and freedom is a principle not something that can be made into a grocery list. I'm paying for my bandwith and should be allowed to use it. On Sunday 23 September 2007 8:48 pm, Brad Bendily wrote: > Will, > Are you saying that because Cox is providing us (the public) access to > the governmentally funded internet that they can't or shouldn't do > what they want within their own network? Cox is a business just like > any other, they are trying to make a buck and please most of their > customers. If blocking port 25 outbound saves even 10-20% of spam, > when there are 1-2 millions messages a day? hour? minute? then 10-20% > is a rather significant number. > > At any rate, if you have the money, knowledge and/or means to create > your own ISP and serve customers you're welcome to do so, and I won't > try to tell you how to run your network no matter how fundamentally > different my view might be from yours. > ... > You can host your own server at a multitude of different > locations around the world and run any service you want, just because > Cox doesn't let you do this from your house isn't necessarily holding > you back.
