Hmmm - seems like every month or so my wife complains about my speakeasy.net account... "Why do we have to pay 60+ dollars for DSL when "Mary" down the street has ComCast and gets higher speed internet access for less money...?"
My response to her follows to the tune of: Because I want my (2) dedicated IP's and I don't want ComCast (or Verizon's) crap about supported Operating Systems and server restrictions. You want Comblast fine, but I am not giving up my Speakeasy service and I am *NOT* supporting anything other than the Speakeasy service... (And as I had to bail out "Mary" several times in the past when she was unable to get any decent help through the tech support line, my wife has always backed off... >;) dlr On Mon, 10 May 2004, Steven W. Orr stated in their Email: Steve> From: Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve> To: Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve> Cc: GNHLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:35:47 -0400 (EDT) Steve> Subject: Re: Comcast blocking port 25? (not what you think) Steve> Steve> On Monday, May 10th 2004 at 06:47 -0400, quoth Travis Roy: Steve> Steve> =>This isn't about Comcast blocking port 25 to prevent you from running a Steve> =>server.. Steve> => Steve> =>Recently my parents (that use Comcast) can no longer connect to port 25 Steve> =>of my server.. one that is legit, has correct reverse and MX records. Steve> => Steve> =>Has anybody else seen this? Steve> => Steve> =>Can anybody suggest a workaround. Steve> Steve> This is no help for your problem, but I'll tell you what happened to me. Steve> Steve> I'm in Framingham and I have a choice (currently) between RCN and comcast. Steve> Steve> I'm with RCN but a while ago they shut off incoming port 80. Later on they Steve> shut off outgoing port 25. For the princely sum of only $240/year, I get Steve> the honor and priviledge of having those ports opened up. And I'm Steve> guaranteed that my IP address won't change. Ever. Steve> Steve> -- I have strong opinions and not all may match my employers, so the usual blurb applies... _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
