On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Tim Pierce wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 05:22:47AM -0500, Cris Daniluk wrote:
> > And what's to stop someone from buying a
> > static IP from their ISP with its own lovely domain and spamming the world
> > freely?
>
> The economics of static IP discourage it. ISPs in the U.S. often
> charge $200-300 in setup fees for static IP addresses, and typically
> an additional $100 per month. The spammer would have to be pretty
> sure that they would gross at least $400 per spam run in order to make
> it worthwhile, and I would guess that most spammers don't see anything
> close to that.
I don't charge any kind of setup fee for a static IP, just $5/mo.
However, when someone requests a static IP, it perks up my ears and I ask
alot more questions and emphasize our terms. Domains incur setup fees,
though. Nobody's claiming this will stop spam, just make it that much
more difficult. That's all we can do.
James Smallacombe Internet Access for The Delaware
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Valley in PA, NJ and DE
PlantageNet Internet Ltd. http://www.pil.net
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