Road Runner News

[Charles K. Lee II]

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 at 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 at 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.)
> 
> 
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