the Intercage mess

[nanog-post at rsuc.gweep.net (Joe Provo)]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 01:37:43PM +0000, *Hobbit* wrote:
[snip]
> If this happened to some of the other major sources of crap that
> I'm thinking of, it would make the freaking NATIONAL NEWS.  Where's
> the BACKBONE to go after the real high-volume sources, rather than
> continuing to kick sand in the face of some podunk little guy who
> can no longer defend himself?

The spine to do it left with suits minding the store & managing to
the tune of fickle investors.  For the same reason just refusing 
deaggregates has become difficult: the bad guys shield themselves 
by sitting in the same prefix/ASNs with sites your paying customers 
wish to reach.   The suits are interested in 
- avoiding PR hassles
- low call rates into the support centers
- lower customer-churn numbers for their investor calls

Therefore anyone with time & energy to block badness where there
is collateral damage rarely has the stamina or internal political 
capital to have the suits' spin machine on their side.   More 
network companies that are privately held with actual technocrats
at the helm might help bring a vision beyond commoditization and
marketing.

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