From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 02:01:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8072B16A4B3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 02:01:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB18443FDF for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 02:01:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.6p3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h8N91QUS016134; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:01:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20030923061618.GA645@hermes.nixsys.be> References: <20030922160416.GC635@hermes.nixsys.be> <20030923061618.GA645@hermes.nixsys.be> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:00:49 +0200 To: Philip Paeps From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The net fights back X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:01:31 -0000 At 8:16 AM +0200 2003/09/23, Philip Paeps wrote: >> > Trying to convince another ISP as well, but they insist on letting the >> > problem fester for a bit *sigh* >> >> You mean Belgacom? > > No, I meant Telenet... Oh, well then. At least you have some hope. >> Don't hold your breath. > > I've given up on Belgacom a long time ago... They did still have a couple of clueful people there as of the time I left. But when Skynet got re-absorbed back into the parent company, well ... let's just say that the rats trying to leave the sinking ship were instantaneously turned into roadkill by all the masses who hadn't already gotten outsourced. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)