 Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
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kudos:4 | Very reasonable policy decision The Pa ISP issuing this policy is acting very reasonably. Every ISP & broadband provider prohibits residential customers from running servers on their networks. P2P software enables server functionality by default. Since every customer, when they sign up for service, agreed to NOT run servers, then they don't have a leg to stand on when the ISP prevents servers from working.
Many broadband users like to ignore the fact that they have agreed to the terms of service(TOS) when they signed up for their broadband account. And granted they have NO negotiating power concerning the terms like a business does when they sign up. So they have 3 options:
One, Don't use the service.
Two, Use the service as provided.
Three, Use the service and complain about it endlessly (the most popular choice).
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 roamer1sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
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Every ISP & broadband provider prohibits residential customers from running servers on their networks.
For cable ISPs (and PTD is a cable ISP) I think you're right (and as I've stated again and again, I have no problems with no-server rules on cable ISPs, as they have legitimate technical grounds for having them), but for DSL you are very, very WRONG -- DirecTV DSL, Speakeasy, and Earthlink, among others, don't care (and the first two even flout it.)
The server issue is one of many reasons why I don't use ATTBI...
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said by Romney2012:
Every ISP & broadband provider prohibits residential customers from running servers on their networks.
That is not true at all, I've had PacBell residential broadband and now have DSLExtreme residential broadband, none of which prohibited running servers. |
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 borborpaSlipping Slowly Into OblivionPremium
join:2002-02-20
New Cumberland, PA | reply to roamer1
Speakeasy also isn't doing any sort of enforcement like this  They basically say "Here's your connection to the internet. Good, fast and reliable. Have fun. Just no porn servers"...
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said by moiety73:
said by Romney2012:
Every ISP & broadband provider prohibits residential customers from running servers on their networks.
That is not true at all, I've had PacBell residential broadband and now have DSLExtreme residential broadband, none of which prohibited running servers.
And, unless they've changed their policy since I tried to get DSL (yes, tried. Long story.), Earthlink doesn't prohibit it either. They told me they don't support it, but I was welcome to try it on my own. |
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Every ISP & broadband provider prohibits residential customers from running servers on their networks.
no they dont!!! a verizon operator told me exactly how to set mine up,
philadelphia pa verizon dsl, worth every penny!! |
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