[ale] Internet access under Linux

[Christopher Fowler]

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 11:34 -0400, Jerry Yu wrote:
> time & again, I am disappointed & "shocked" to learn that big ISPs
> like Comcast don't have service monitors built for their important
> services.

I think at one time I heard that 80% of IT costs is in management and
monitoring.  As times get tight it is easy for a group to skip out on
some of these important monitoring needs.