TamaraB
Question The Current Paradigm
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join:2000-11-08
Brooklyn NYC
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to russotto
Re: FCC
said by russotto  :
Anti-spammers are always willing to destroy the net in order to save it.
Actually it's the spammers, and those ISPs and individuals who support them who are willing to destroy the net. Anything to make a buck eh??
Bob
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SongCloud
join:2002-11-17
Addison, IL
| reply to from outer space
I have had Comcast install cable internet 3 times in 3 different places. The people that they have doing the installations are morons at best. The last time I had the HSI service installed, I had to teach the 2 installers how to use the ping command. They didn't even know that they had to use a proxy to enable the connection. I will NEVER let an installer touch any of my machines. It's just too risky given my prior experiences with installers. Anyway, anything they need to do, I can do myself, and probably quicker and more efficiently. CCNA certification comes in handy sometimes!! 
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Andrew J
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join:2001-11-09
Lancaster, PA
clubs:
 ·Comcast
 ·Vonage
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Nightfall
Now you know why some ISPs are not permitting servers to be run on their connections.
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The only way to run a server over cable without hosing the node is to have one cable for down and another cable for up. I can tell you that ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
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TraumaJunkie
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join:2004-03-05
Knoxville, TN
| reply to Nightfall
said by Nightfall :
Lets take it a step further.
Step 1 - Notify the user via email. Give one week for the computer to be cleaned.
Step 2 - Notify the user via email and snail mail or telephone. Give one week for the computer to be cleaned.
Step 3 - Cut users internet access and notify user. Until system is cleaned, access will not be reactivated.
This is very close to what Comcast does. When a machine is identified as spamming the access to outbound email is cut off for 24 hours and an email is sent to inform the user they have been identified and given a chance to clean up their machine. Ignoring the warning leads to total cut-off of access to email and eventually the service is shut down for abuse. The local call center personnel can not reverse these blocks or termination of service, it has to be handled directly by the abuse department.
Spam has gotten out of hand and legislation will not stop it. I have no idea how to stop spam but would wholeheartedly support any inititive that would put an end to ANY and ALL UNSOLICITED email.
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