| Matthew Rosewarne on 17 Oct 2007 22:09:34 -0000 |
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On Wednesday 17 October 2007, John Von Essen wrote: > You know its funny. For a long time ISP's did little to no abuse > monitoring, and as a result they sort of created alot of the Spam > problems. Now that ISP's are curbing abuse via tactics like port 25 > blocking, outbound mail filtering, or advertising their dynamic IP > space to public DUL lists, instead of being applauded - they are > criticized. And to be honest, the people doing the criticizing are in > the minority. The problem is not that they are doing nothing to fight spam. The problem is that the measures such as port blocking and upload limiting don't affect abusive spammers, but only get in the way of their users. There are plenty of ways to combat spam and other abuse without trying to centralise services. However, the phone and cable companies are not fans of the decentralised model and will do whatever they can to hold on to their previous position as the sole gateway for all communications services. The last thing Verizon or Comcast want is to be is a commodity pipe to the internet, since they won't get gravy from exclusive services. Attachment:
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