ARIN Proposal

[Karl Denninger]

> > For any ISP that sells any of those "tied" services, any move which makes it
> > un-feasible (and by that I mean any event which causes SIGNIFICANT barriers
> > to entry to be raised) is IMHO a per-se anti-trust problem, at least in the
> > United States.
>
>       I think it's a technical fact of life.
>
>       If you move, you have to notify your friends, change your mailing
> address everywhere it appears, change your phone number, maybe drive
> further to work, and so on and so forth. Is this grounds for an action
> against your landlord?
>
>       DS

That's not the analog here.

If you move, *I* don't have to change *MY* phone number.

Its not the direct effects (which we can all agree are properly contractual
matters) -- its the INDIRECT damages which are the problem and give rise to
a tying arrangement argument.

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