Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread David Krings
Michael Hernandez wrote: Since we're OT here, I'll throw in that if your IP does change, but doesn't change often, dyndns gets mad and cancels your account for not updating enough. What I did to get around that is write a shell script that checks whatismyip.com (via it's automation specific page)

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Anthony Wlodarski
As someone that lived in South Orange (Seton Hall Alumni) you are going to be disappointed with Cablevision and their support. Best of luck. -Anthony On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Andy Dirnberger wrote: > > On Fri, 15 May 2009, David Krings wrote: > > > > > AFAIK Verizon blocks port 80. I us

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Daniel Krook
Hi David, > From: David Mintz > > Anybody using Verizon's FIOS and have any comments? I am > moving next week (from Maplewood NJ to South Orange NJ) > and considering ordering. I want to make sure they don't > do block you from connecting to your own machine via http > or ssh from outside yo

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Andy Dirnberger
> On Fri, 15 May 2009, David Krings wrote: > > > AFAIK Verizon blocks port 80. I used a webhop from DynDNS to make it easier > > for people. You can find out a lot from dslreports forums. > > > > I have TimeWarner, which is awesomeif it works. And all ports wide openon > > their end. > > Man

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Fri, 15 May 2009, David Krings wrote: > AFAIK Verizon blocks port 80. I used a webhop from DynDNS to make it easier > for people. You can find out a lot from dslreports forums. > > I have TimeWarner, which is awesomeif it works. And all ports wide openon > their end. Many many providers

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Ben Sgro
Hey, Oh, free account. Ok - I just pay the $15/year and be done with it. Well worth it for their service. - Ben Michael Hernandez wrote: On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 16:25 -0400, Ben Sgro wrote: Hello, Woah - I've never heard of such a thing. I've been using dydns for almost 4 years now, my IP

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Michael Hernandez
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 16:25 -0400, Ben Sgro wrote: > Hello, > > Woah - I've never heard of such a thing. I've been using dydns for > almost 4 years now, my IP rarely changes, > and I've never had an interruption of service. > > Did they specifically say they canceled your account due to "lack of

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Ben Sgro
Hello, Woah - I've never heard of such a thing. I've been using dydns for almost 4 years now, my IP rarely changes, and I've never had an interruption of service. Did they specifically say they canceled your account due to "lack of dynamicness" heh? Strange - - Ben Michael Hernandez wrote:

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Michael Hernandez
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 16:04 -0400, David Mintz wrote: > > Over the yearsI have been through several DSL providers that went > belly up or otherwise became unacceptable (i.e., Speakeasy after it > got bought), and I have more recently been with Comcast, and with all > those that were dynamic IP I h

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread David Mintz
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Christopher R. Merlo wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Christopher R. Merlo wrote: > > Yeah, I should have mentioned that part. I don't use a thumbdrive, because >> I can just ssh into my home machine from school (or Panera or wherever) and >> access whate

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher R. Merlo
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Christopher R. Merlo wrote: Yeah, I should have mentioned that part. I don't use a thumbdrive, because > I can just ssh into my home machine from school (or Panera or wherever) and > access whatever files I need. BTW, something else I just thought of, which migh

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher R. Merlo
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Rolan Yang wrote: > They block port 80, 443, 1080 and 25, but you can still run your ssh on 22 > and http on a different port. Yeah, I should have mentioned that part. I don't use a thumbdrive, because I can just ssh into my home machine from school (or Panera

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread David Krings
David Mintz wrote: Anybody using Verizon's FIOS and have any comments? I am moving next week (from Maplewood NJ to South Orange NJ) and considering ordering. I want to make sure they don't do block you from connecting to your own machine via http or ssh from outside your home. That would be a d

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher R. Merlo
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:07 PM, David Mintz wrote: > Anybody using Verizon's FIOS and have any comments? I am moving next week > (from Maplewood NJ to South Orange NJ) and considering ordering. I want to > make sure they don't do block you from connecting to your own machine via > http or ssh fr

Re: [nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread Rolan Yang
Cablevision isn't bad.. it depends on the density of "high use" customers in your area. I noticed several times this winter, when the neighborhood was snowed in, the throughput went to crap. All other times my downstream is about 13Mbps, upstream 1.5Mbps. They block port 80, 443, 1080 and 25,

[nyphp-talk] [0T] Verizon FIOS -- comments?

2009-05-15 Thread David Mintz
Anybody using Verizon's FIOS and have any comments? I am moving next week (from Maplewood NJ to South Orange NJ) and considering ordering. I want to make sure they don't do block you from connecting to your own machine via http or ssh from outside your home. That would be a dealbreaker. The other

[nyphp-talk] Amazon orders

2009-05-15 Thread Nicholas Hart
Has anyone had success implementing the Amazon API for both order entry to your in-house system and sending back tracking and email responses? We are having some issues and I was hoping to find a decent road map as Amazon is not very helpful. Thanks. Best, Nick __