On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:01 AM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: ... >> Do the engineering heads at the top 10 tier-1/2 carriers carry enough water >> to make that sale to the CEOs? > > To ask the CEOs to authorize cutting off access to a competitor's web > site with the full support and approval of a group of recognized > Internet luminaries?
I'm not a lawyer, but I do work out with one at the gym. I would strongly encourage people considering this to discuss the following terms with their legal staff *first*: Sherman Anti-Trust Act Anti-competitive practice Refusal to deal restraint of trade collusion cartel Once you've had a polite and cheerful discussion about the feasibility of some set of companies in the public space banding together to restrict access to a subset of their competitors with your legal staff, we can go back to discussing how best to configure our routers. Thanks! Matt
