[lug] Colocation recommendations: strike American ISP

[George Sexton]

Nothing speeds people up like the threat of a lawsuit. I hate to say it
because it sounds like I am encouraging law suits, but the fact is that
until you make it serious to them, they won't do anything.

Police are actually a good idea. Call and tell them that they are
holding your property and refuse to return it. Make sure you meet them
their with copies of something that actually proves you own the gear. 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]
On Behalf Of B Giles
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:06 PM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: RE: [lug] Colocation recommendations: strike American ISP


>Sounds to me like you ought to get a lawyer, and threaten them with a 
>court order if they don't allow you to take your hardware out of there.

There's absolutely no doubt that they have no right to retain my
property.   
If I don't get it back, I'm not going to a lawyer, I'm going to the 
police... and a lot sooner than they expect.

But this overlooks a key thing: the issue is often the timeliness of the

possession, not just its inevitiability.  I'm working on several
proposals 
at the moment, one with a friend.  At this point there's no doubt that
the 
quality of our bid will be substantially degraded because I was denied 
access to this system, and the Dept. of the Army isn't going to extend
the 
deadline for us alone just because some ISP refused to return calls.

We may get the contract anyway, or we might have never gotten it.  But
that 
civil case can't get started until we lose the contract - it would be a 
wonderful moot point if we land the contract despite everything that's 
happened.

Bear

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