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John Pescatore
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32 years IT industry

John Pescatore is a vice president and research fellow in Gartner Research. Mr. Pescatore has 32 years of experience in computer, network and information security. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Pescatore was senior consultant for Entrust Technologies and Trusted Information Systems… Read Full Bio

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Twelve Word Tuesday: Since Many ISPs are Phone Companies, Why Don’t They Act Like Them?

by John Pescatore  |  July 14, 2009  |  3 Comments

Hey, ISPs: telcos would disconnect anyone whose phone started launching damaging attacks.

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  • 1 valas   July 14, 2009 at 9:58 am

    John, Why would they disconnect a paying user?

  • 2 John Pescatore   July 14, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Same reason a telco would – the customer pays the same amount whether they are connected or not and do more damage to the bottom line if they are left connected.

  • 3 Don’t Blame Your ISP For Dirty Bits If You Continue To Pay for Them   September 24, 2009 at 9:45 am

    [...] ISPs to be more active in filtering malware out of the incoming bits they sell us (see here and here and here.) This week a lot more verbose versions came out, with Google calling for ISPs to [...]

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