I fail to see how raising a simple and valid question of possibly "biased" operators in this list has anything to do with my integrity. Frankly, you just raised a BIG question about your own "Integrity" in simply responding with a public attack on mine, when I have a valid point, being that other issues in this list go unnoticed and unchallenged for days, unless they are matters relating to Telecom's monopolistic way of doing business, in which case we are told to discontinue the thread. In my opinion, this thread had some valid content, perhaps some not, but the request for it to be stopped came far too quickly, Telecom staff member or not. I agree with Tikiri, it's time Telecom explained a few things like why no static IP's for jetstart instead of the " because it's a residential service " routine which simply reminds me of the childish answer you get from angry parents " ....because I said so ". I also agree that there is probably no point in saying much more in here, as it would be a better waste of time to put it all in a letter to someone at the appropriate government department. -----Original Message----- From: mark.harris(a)ssc.govt.nz [mailto:mark.harris(a)ssc.govt.nz] Sent: Friday, 24 October 2003 1:19 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: RE: [nznog] (no subject) Richard Parkinson wrote:

I agree with Donald, this thread doesn't seem entirely appropriate, however I have seen less appropriate threads go on longer, and can't help but notice the @telecom.co.nz after Donald's address. :).

I realise there's a smiley on the end of that, but sugar-coating an question to Donald's integrity says more about your own than I suspect you realise. Regards Mark Harris Moderator *.govt.nz State Services Commission PO Box 329, Wellington, NZ Tel: 64 4 495 2844 Email: moderator(a)ssc.govt.nz _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog