[governance] Re: Antispam practices

[Tapani Tarvainen]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:40:10AM +0200, Patrick Vande Walle (patrick at vande-walle.eu) wrote:

> I think that the ISP model is slowly shifting to a clear split between
> access (ie providing IP connectivity) and services (e-mail, hosting
> etc).

There are signs of that in the air, but it is slow.

> For those who do not wish to use [hotmail &c], they have the
> opportunity to rent a shared host for less than EUR 10/USD 12 per
> month and be in total control.

Yes. Perhap ISPs will even realize at some point that it would make
sense to them to sell static IP with all ports open at some price point
below that.

> Until they wake up to the new model, the only thing we can do is vote
> with our feet.

Right. Or with our wallets. :-)
But putting some pressure into this, like by some suitable
publicity in IGF, might speed things up a little.

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen
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