Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt

John Stracke <francis@ecal.com> Fri, 21 July 2000 14:00 UTC

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Greg Skinner wrote:

> The IETF might perhaps take an advocacy position for traditional Internet
> service.  An RFC on the order of "Full Internet Access is Good" might
> sway a few people who are unaware of the wealth of services a full
> provider offers.  On the other hand, a provider that actually offers
> such services is much more likely (imho) to have success among a
> potential customer base for them, and arguably has more resources to do so.
> By this I mean the money for a PR campaign, advertising, etc.

On the other other hand, such a PR campaign might be able to gain some weight
by quoting the RFC.

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