> As an analogy, you can take the routers that were stupidly configured to use stratum 1 NTP servers. These misbehaving devices placed too much strain on the NTP "network" because they used it inappropriately. But it was only the NTP servers that a lot of these routers were configured for that were having problems. Yet no one would claim that it's the NTP network's fault for the issues.

A poor analogy:

- AT&T sells the iPhone.

- AT&T sells the service.

ergo,

- AT&T is responsible for providing quality service to the iPhone.