----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu>
> Can somebody explain to me why those who run eyeball networks are able > to block outbound packets when the customer hasn't paid their bill, > but can't seem to block packets that shouldn't be coming from that > cablemodem? The purported argument is "our edge concentrators don't have that knob/ enough horsepower to do it manually and stay on the line card". I'm not sure how accurate that argument is any more and (as I noted in another reply just now[1]), I'm officially not buying it anymore. Cheers, -- jra [1] http://www.bcp38.info/index.php/Information_for_equipment_manufacturers -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
