[smartBridges] Caching anyone?

[Bobby Bounds]

Hi y'all . . . . . I've got a few quick questions:   1. What percent of WISP's are doing web caching? What products are you using for this? Is it a good thing? Pros/Cons?   2. Is anyone firewalling their customers? If so, what products are used? Is it a good thing for a WISP to be firewalling their customers connection or should they be providing an 'unaltered' internet connection (e.g. the recent Blaster worm.....should the WISP be blocking those ports)?   3. A system like Mikrotik does the QOS/Bandwidth Mgmt. and authentication, but does it also do 1. and 2. ? Does a guy need separate boxes for these functions?   Thanks,   Bobby Bounds Airwave Internet, LLC