[ale] Uverse in general and with linux server?

Neal Rhodes neal at mnopltd.com
Tue Aug 25 00:07:16 EDT 2009


AT&T is making a push through our neighborhood to lit up that fiber that
SBC ran through years ago.  (and tore up my junipers, dangit)

So, for $10/mo more than 6mbit DSL they are offering 16mbit Uverse via
FTTN. (Fiber to the Driveway and copper to the house.)   And free
installation.

There were some horror stories posted months ago, which seemed to focus
on not doing the math regarding bandwidth, eg 2 HDTV's worth of data
will eat the connection.   Not so clear that just a plain internet
connection would be ok or like a root canal but without anesthesia.

So, has anyone gone through it and survived recently?  

And, I'm getting the impression that AT&T in general does some port
blocking which would affect someone running postfix/sendmail for their
mail.   Are there other blocked ports? 


Neal Rhodes

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