In AT&T's defense, I didn't mention that when I've called to complain, they've said, "Yeah, we know. We're working on it." And, in truth, the delays _have_ gotten better than they used to be. And Nate's right, if they're being flooded, it's not exactly their fault. -S Nate Carlson wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Rick Engebretson wrote: > > Very clever detective work. ATT owes their customers (and the internet > > community) an explaination. Nobody is supposed to own the internet any > > more than the public road system. You pay your access fee. If ATT (or > > MSN, etc.) tries to become a traffic cop, bring in the lawyers. > > I bet the AUP specifically says that they aren't responsible for any > unreachability, etc.. which also means that they can cause the > unreachability if they so desire. > > >From the discussions I've read on this topic, something like that'd never > make it in court.. 'course, if you wanna try it, we'd all be glad to see > if someone can actually pull it off. :) > > Anyways, if they're getting flooded, it's not exactly their fault..