[Novalug] ISPs

Joseph Brinkley brinkley.joseph@gmail.com
Thu Dec 18 09:44:38 EST 2008


Google finds out anyway.

they have this list archived so they already know who you are and what we
like
:)

maybe borg = google?

separate topic but i love my comcast but for anyone else to get what i got
with them its 16 down and 2 up on one cable modem and the other is is 20
down 5 up but only so much i want to talk about that one in public :)  i
used DD-wrt and have a ""single path to my dual wan.!

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:09 AM, greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org> wrote:

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> Jay Hart wrote:
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> >> That said, May I also remind everyone of the absolutely awful experience
> >> I had with Verizon in 2004 as they were unable to provide me with DSL
> >> for about 4 weeks.  The scars of dealing with their automated customer
> >> support system and clueless outsourced technical support people and mind
> >> numbing customer support script language made me want to commit crimes.
> >> They'd have to impress me a lot, for a while, before I ever spoke of
> >> them the way we used to speak about Speakeasy back in the day.
> >>
> >
> > Yea, I get calls from time to time from Verizon about switching to FIOS.
>  As
> > soon as I realize its a call about FIOS, I immediately ask "Do you do
> port
> > filtering", the second they put me on hold or ask me what that means, I
> hang
> > up.
>
> depending on the port you are using, you MAYBE in violation of Terms of
> Service.
>
> you can get every port you want IF you purchase business (my
> understanding) and that is true for any ISP. If you are a home user, and
> pay home user prices, most ISPs do not allow http and other ports in.
>
> I have ssh into my FIOS and get my mail from google (imap and/or pop). I
> have http hosted at google.com/a. I can use bit-torrent (legal ISOs!).
>
> Not sure what else I need as a home user not breaking TOS.
>
> Now, I have done things that are in violation of TOS IN THE PAST. But
> that is a different story.
>
> I do NOT get paid by Verizon. I thought I would hate FIOS, but the
> speed, uptime and cost are very nice.
>
> - --
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