Author: Frank Koenig
Date: 21:20:08 03/23/00
With all of the finger pointing and accusations flying back and forth over the latest internet match fiasco, why can't there be one simple solution: Require both participants to be at facilities that have a permanent internet connection. By that I mean T1, DSL, Cable, etc. In each one of the previous matches that went awry, with proper arrangements, there has to have been some kind of availability to this kind of connection. Were not talking about third world nations here! I realise that these types of connections can have their problems on occasion. But dial up connections need to be relegated to the role of backup to these much more stable and appropriate connections to the internet. In the end, regardless of who treated who with disrespect or who was unreasonable in their demands, one thing remains: these connections would have addressed the problem at the source. There would have been no opportunity for anyone to get upset with anyone else and the focus would have been back where it belongs - on the game!
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