I'll be learning more about the technical specifics concerning the changes in the upcoming weeks. I'll send another message to kclug list to inform you all of the details. - chuckx | Charles K. Lee II - - chuckx@cold-sun.com - - http://www.cold-sun.com - On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 09:39:08AM -0500, Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charles K. Lee II [mailto:chuckx@kc.rr.com] > > > Obviously, the network and cable lines and such is all > > maintained by us, but you get to choose which ISP you are > > getting service from. > > So what "S" will these "P"s actually provide? Will my neighbor on Earthlink > see a different traceroute to www.novell.com than I do on RoadRunner? Or > will they actually only do billing, with the service and hardware still > provided by TWC? > > (I think this whole "ISP Choice" issue is bogus. Most of the small ISP's > got their start charging for access to content created and provided for > "free" by hobby networks like FIDOnet. It was always bogus that you had to > dial into a Raytown office and be routed back to SWB's downtown hub instead > of dialing in to the neighborhood SWB switch and hopping right on the > backbone. Now the network's been cleaned up, and the sidewalk hustlers are > being squeezed out, and I couldn't be more pleased.) > > >