From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14DE0138359 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 05:26:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD9E4E0C19; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 05:26:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net [IPv6:2600:3c00:e000:1e9::8849]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56921E0C07 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 05:26:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Contact-TNet-Consulting-Abuse-for-assistance by tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-3) with ESMTPSA id 0725QgUj002576 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 00:26:44 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Local mail server To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <1831008.PYKUYFuaPT@peak> <3090727.44csPzL39Z@peak> <53f78d87-cc1c-5665-196c-d53456aef7e5@verizon.net> <5631044.lOV4Wx5bFT@peak> <0a078e4f-b080-1aa7-4a3a-0176b89a2eb5@verizon.net> <5F204CCC.5070907@youngman.org.uk> <8084031a-7898-621b-36d5-9a265f15c97f@verizon.net> <5F212A7A.4020605@youngman.org.uk> <87ft98h8v6.fsf@wedjat.horus-it.com> <32f932c5-0b77-8ec1-496d-08063d1f5377@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> From: Grant Taylor Message-ID: <06d161b5-4a29-d4ce-57a7-4f001bfc8fb5@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 23:26:41 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0340a19f-646e-40dd-9aab-31a038ca5c91 X-Archives-Hash: 8612f7954adb98093aca45abee2220b8 On 8/1/20 1:53 PM, antlists wrote: > That's one of the good things about the UK scene. In theory, and mostly > in practice, the infrastructure (ie copper, fibre) is provided by a > company which is not allowed to provide the service over it, so a > mom-n-pop ISP can supposedly rent the link just as easily as a big ISP. For a long time, the incumbent telephone carrier was required to allow other companies to access the DSL network and provide service. I've not kept up with the laws and have no idea of the current state. > When we move I'll almost certainly move to Andrews and Arnold, who are > exactly that mom-n-pop setup that are run by a bunch of engineers, as > opposed to accountants. :-) -- Grant. . . . unix || die