> The Internet has value because it allows arbitrary interactions where new > applications can be developed and fostered. The centrally controlled model > would have prevented IM, web, sip applications, etc. from ever being > deployed. If there are any operators out there who still understand the > value in allowing the next generation of applications to incubate, you need > to push back on this tendency to limit the Internet to an 'approved' list of > ports and service models.
bingo! and, if you want to see a particularly broken example, buy "internet service" from t-mobile gprs in the states, port 22 blocked, no smtp relay, ... "walled garden" mentality from the get go. randy
