Re: [TCLUG:22443] 1 more reasons to go DSL

[Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome@real-time.com>]

> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001009/bs/att_dc_1.html
> http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/10/09/technology/att/
> 
> This is so lame, I can't believe it!

I'm having trouble believing it too... I really want to know how the
mechanics of this thing would work. it stinks a bit like the 'e-mail tax'
hoax.
how would they charge merchants? per-SSL'ed packet that went across their
network? per packet period? how would they know where to bill a merchant;
would they only bill merchants who colo/vhost in their facilities? (which
would drive people away from them *really* fast) trying to track down the 
billing address of "Bob & Martha's Bait, Bobbers, & Bullets" to charge them
50 cents for the $10 of buisness they did, seems like a waste of effort. 

Carl Soderstrom
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Network Engineer
Real-Time Enterprises
(952) 943-8700