RE: "Default" Internet Service

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> > Smith, Donald wrote:
> >
> > > First are the consumers willing to pay for a "safer" internet
> > > DSL/dial/isdn?
> > >
> > Why should they have to?
>
> Because it costs money to mitigate the attacks coming from their
> infected machines.
> It takes people and people want to be paid. Given a larger security
> abuse team we could do more.
That's a reason abusers should have to pay cleanup fees.  It's not a
reason responsible or naive users should pay more for a safer internet
unless they choose to.

Owen


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