As for ssh and ftp... you know, a lot of these TOS statements are vague.
Many actually simply use the word "server", which could mean anything from
trying to do full turn key domain hosting to just having a game server
instance running on one's own PC so that they can play for a time with a
couple of friends.
I've got friends with Comcast who run their own web and mail servers, even
though it is actually against the TOS. The only real restriction there is
that Comcast has it set up so that all mail leaving their network has to
pass through a Comcast SMTP server. That's actually a good thing, because
that way viruses which have their own built in SMTP daemon can't broadcast
from machines inside of Comcast's network to outside the network... only the
official SMTP servers can do that.
I don't believe that ssh is a problem, and I've run ftp servers on Comcast
without incident in the past. I think what they really don't want to see is
abuse... someone using a home account to run a 'net business from, or people
downloading every illegal movie they can find in newsgroups or bittorrent.
Speakeasy is definitely a class act. One other thing that was nice with
Speakeasy was having a shell account. If I was troubleshooting a DNS
problem at work, I could always shell in at my Speakeasy account and test
from there to see if the problem was with the remote host or with local DNS.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] High-speed internet
How do sshd and ftp fit in to the picture? These are the "servers" I'm
mostly likely to run and use often, personally. Also, do they have crazy
rules limiting the number of computers on a connection, unstated total
data transfer caps, etc? I've just heard a lot of horror stories about
Comcast and Verizon on things like that over the years.
As far as Speakeasy, I guess the sort answer was always that I stuck with
Speakeasy because it was what an ISP should be, it was a good connection
and it was mine to do with as I saw fit. It is more expensive, but you
also have to be careful to compare apples to apples. Once you say, add
the cost of that webhosting server, the difference is considerably less.
But I agree, in many cases it will not be the absolute cheapest
alternative, and it depends on what you want. The only other point to
mention is Speakeasy's Netshare program, where you have the option of
sharing your wifi with your neighbors and Speakeasy split the bill between
you. That's one option to bring down the price.
Later,
Nick
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Joe Murphy wrote:
I was a SpeakEasy customer for years and can concur with what Nick has
stated. It is considerably more expensive than the other alternatives
out there, but if you want to run services out of your house and be above
board about it, it is probably the way to go.
If you just want to host a webpage and have your own mail domain though,
a more cost effective method would be to get a lower cost solution (FiOS
is probably best if you can get it) and get a relatively cheap hosting
solution on the web. Places like Dreamhost
(http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html) where you can get a fairly full
setup for around $10 per month.
Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Cummings"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] High-speed internet
Ordinarily I would strongly recommend Speakeasy DSL (if that will
provide enough bandwidth). It's not quite as cheap as Verizon, but
generally you get a whole lot more (more reliability, MUCH better tech
support, MUCH better terms of service). However, Speakeasy was just
purchased by Best Buy, so I can't tell you whether their awesome service
will continue or not. It might be worth a look, in any case.
One thing to be careful about generally is terms of service (TOS) vs.
what you're interested in doing. If you want to run any sort of server,
for example, that's a violation of the TOS for almost any residential
connect, except for a few cool providers like Speakeasy.
Nick
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Jin-Ho Yoon wrote:
Hi, Guys:
I've been using Comcast for long time. It is ok, but during spring and
summer, there are many outage of service due to weather(?, my only
guess).
So, i am thinking to switch to Verizon or other provider.
Can you give me some advice (i am in silver spring area)?
Thanks,
Jinho
