Re: [SLUG] Verizon fios block port 80

From: David Meyer (sanfrandave@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 29 2007 - 06:48:50 EDT


I was pissed when they did that to me too, but since all my stuff was
already at GoDaddy, I just left it there. I got so addicted to the speed
that FIOS has that I didn't worry about the rest :-)

On 5/29/07, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
>
> On Monday 28 May 2007 21:13, Mark Banschbach, SFO wrote:
> > Joe,
> >
> > I havfe exactly the same issue.. I have been told I
> > could do port forwarding but I have not been
> > successful in doing so.. uuuugh
> >
> > If you find the key .... please pass this on !
> >
> > Mark
>
> All you need to do is to change the port Apache is listening to, and make
> sure
> your firewall allows traffic in on this new port.
>
> Of course if your inbound traffic is too high then that will be delt with,
> regardless of the port. Really the cheapest and most effective way to deal
> with this is to pay some ISP $8/month to host your website.
>
> The reason Verizon and co. dislike paying for your hosting service is
> usually
> that they did not sell you one. They sold you an online connection
> service.
>
> I have tera byte of download traffic available with my hosting service.
> Indeed
> it grows every month as I operate below certain averages, and have been
> growing for years.
>
> Their name is Dreamhost if you are interested. They are also the only ones
> I
> know that are wide open about what is going on. Upgrades, broken h/w etc.,
> via a RSS feed. I always know what is going on over there.
>
> --
>
> Steve Szmidt
>
> "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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