I only quoted what the tech told me. I know five people where port 80 is
filtered. Perhaps cfl.rr.com has a different policy the tampabay.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ringate" <tringate@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] ISP
> I've been with RR for somewhere around five years now, and there are not
any
> ports blocked that I can see.
>
> The IP address is mapped to your nic cards mac address, so if you happen
to
> have a couple of different PC's or have two mac cards in your PC you can
> easily see this take place by switching between the different nic cards
that
> connect to your cable modem.
>
> I think it's been about 4 months since the last IP address change happened
> to my service, and that took place right after a major over night outage
in
> my area.
>
> When I was talking to the security folks at RR about a year ago, about an
> attack on my home system, we discussed port blocking, and their comment
was
> that RR did not block any ports. They relied on people abiding by the
TOS,
> but if there were any complaints, and the use of servers caused the
> complaint, then the TOS would be used to terminate the service.
>
> I think they believe that most of us would not try to run a business from
> home using the residential service to avoid paying a higher price. Those
> who do, would of course run the risk of loosing their internet service,
> which most likely would impact their business in a negative way.
>
> Running a server to give FTP access to some files you are working on with
> someone else is an actual violation of the TOS, but running something like
> Newsbin Pro to suck down every binary news group, and letting it run 24/7
> which would totally suck up all the bandwidth is not a violation of the
TOS.
> Go figure.
>
> I think RR understands most of us are trying to be good users of a shared
> resource, and I think that is why they do not block ports.
>
> This has been my observation of the RR service.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Levi Bard" <levi@bard.sytes.net>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] ISP
>
>
> > Incidentally, my SMTP port (25) isn't blocked either.
> >
> > Levi
>
>
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