[ale] I think BS is blocking ports now.

Chuck Payne terrorpup at gmail.com
Sat Dec 5 10:06:35 EST 2009


On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Jeremy T. Bouse
<jeremy.bouse at undergrid.net> wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>> Ditto on ISP change time. The big ones are leaning hard on squashing
>> hobby uses of TCP/IP traffic. Unless you are a clueless consumer srfing
>> web and getting your email from your ISP _only_ it appears they don't
>> want you.
>>
>> So oblige them with the removal of your monthly funds and spend your
>> cash with an ISP that _likes_ it's customers. I've heard fromt he group
>> that Atlantix Nexxus is good. I've had excellent support and service
>> from Speakeasy for years.
>>
>        This is all well and good provided you're not being serviced by a
> remote DSLAM that BS/ATT doesn't have to provide resellers access to...
> I'd be rid of them in a heartbeat if I had any other option... And
> moving to Comcast isn't any more welcoming of an option but the only
> other one available.
>
>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com
>> <mailto:ale at pcartwright.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Fri December 4 2009, Jim Lynch wrote:
>>     > I have some "special" services on my home system that are mapped to
>>     > higher (4 digit) addresses.  All of a sudden, some of them aren't
>>     > working any longer.
>>
>>     time for an ISP change?
>>     Atlantic Nexus comes to mind...good, friendly, reliable, local phone
>>     call tech
>>     support, they even answer emails!
>>
>>     --
>>     Paul Cartwright
>>     Registered Linux user # 367800
>>     Registered Ubuntu User #12459
>>
>> --
>> --
>> James P. Kinney III
>> Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
>>
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