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Re: The utilitiy of IP is at stake here

2003-05-28 17:02:01
Tony Hain wrote:
The IETF needs to recognize that the ISPs don't really have a good
alternative, and work on providing one. If they have an alternative and
continue down the path, you are right there is not much the IETF can do.
At the same time, market forces will fix that when customers move to the
ISP that implements the alternative.

This is very well said. That first sentence could arguably be the credo of the IETF, only perhaps not limiting to ISPs.

Eliot