Mostly they own 24.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 I don't know if they own it all, but a
good portion. I know mediaone, @home, and time warner are all on
24.0.0.0/255.0.0.0. I'm not sure if they are all the same network.
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Subject: RE: [FW1] @Home ban of VPN's
Does anyone know if there are specific IP ranges associated with
Comcast@Home?
We have several hundred SR users in the US and I'm sure most of them ignore
email from their ISP.. I'd like to run a report on our fw logs to get users
names that may be impacted by this new policy.
-Gary
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I contacted @Home this afternoon--I had been scheduled for installation this
week. Needless to say, I cancelled my order.
Bottom line is that they DO intend to implement a policy of banning VPN
traffic over their network for @Home subscribers. How they intend to enforce
such a policy effectively is open to speculation.
I was given a few explanations as to why they intend to ban VPN. The first
was that they "don't support networks." Funny, eh? Second was that it
requires too much bandwidth. Finally, the "@Home network is intended for
business use." I.e., they clearly want people to pay-up for the "@Work"
service in order to do VPN from home.
Michael Doleman
P.S.--When I first called today and mentioned VPN, the rep. declared that
"we've been getting slammed with calls like this..." I suspect that if
people keep the pressure on them, we'll see a rapid retreat from the policy.
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