Re: [SLUG] time warner port blocking

From: Patrick Grantham (pwgrant@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 16:59:21 EST


A Catholic Priest on SLUG? I'm impressed (if that's a correct assumption.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Father Timothy" <irisinc@tbi.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: RE: [SLUG] time warner port blocking

> Try WebNet @ http://www.tbi.net
>
> Rusty
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>
> On 1/30/2002 at 11:03 AM Ken Billings wrote:
>
> >So, on that note... What are some of the better DSL providers
> available
> >around here? I'm looking for a decent price on a 768/384 absolute
> minimum
> >speed. I'd prefer one that is techie friendly - i.e. low bandwidth
> servers
> >allowed, email/web space optional, and reverse DNS would be icing. ;)
> I
> >know _someone_ on the list is happy with their ISP, right? ...right?
> Is an
> >ISP that just provides a connection, no questions asked, available
> without
> >paying hundreds of dollars for a "business" account?
> >
> >As of right now things are cool in St. Petersburg. If they ever do
> start
> >port blocking, I'll be canceling my roadrunner account, no question.
> >Service in the last year+ has been phenomenal (down only once the
> night
> >they
> >upgraded the whole Tampabay area), and speeds have been great, but at
> this
> >point I just can't live without my servers. ;)
> >
> >-Ken
> >
> >BTW, do you know who's on the other end of the complaint line? In
> other
> >words, would it do any good to call and complain in advance? :)
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of
> >Grantham, Patrick
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 09:22 AM
> >To: 'slug@nks.net'
> >Cc: Klawon, Kevin (MVCI)
> >Subject: [SLUG] time warner port blocking
> >
> >
> >If you have not found out yet, TWC is blocking incomming tcpip port 80
> for
> >their residentianl customers in central florida. Accosding to the
> tech
> >support (and testing proves it to be true) they are presently blocking
> only
> >incomming port 80. Examining my apache log files, this apparently
> (and
> >covertly) started Jan 24. Is anyone else experiencing this? Pleading
> with
> >the tech support, "Please open it up for me, I use Linux," proved not
> to be
> >helpful. I conveyed my displeasure not having been notifued to this
> >impending change. He just gave me a number to call to complain. Is
> anyone
> >else experiencing this?
>
>



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