No, they don't have to allocate teh disk space...but you're not saving them money...you're in effect costing them more, by having to route the extra traffic to you.
What do your terms of service say on the matter? I'm assuming that the TOS assumes you're a home user, not a business user. By and large, home users do not need the ability to run incoming server type services. If your TOS does not include a clause that says you A) get a static IP or B) that you can run server type services, then assuming that you are have those prerogatives might be ill advised. On Fri, 17 May 2002, Mark Neidorff wrote: > I disagree. I signed up for a connection to the Internet and > bandwidth--period--when I contracted with my isp. This recent nonsense of > blocking ports is just plain insulting. > > Assuming that I am a responsible citizen (which any administrator needs to > be on ANY network) on the Internet, what I do with my bandwidth is my > business. > > I did NOT sign up for X hours or for Y Gb of traffic. If I choose to run a > server at my site, I'm ***saving my isp money*** and resources since they > do not have to run that service for me or allocate the disk space to me. > > Mark > > > > Price =~ speed * reliability * features. > > > > Features include things like static IP addresses, peering, hosting, > > etc, etc, etc... A dude with static IP address SHOULD pay more than one > > who is making occasional use of an IP pool or one who is not running > > static services. Turn it around... Against the higher price, those who > > can accept cheaper services get a discount. You want the high priced > > spred but you want the discount too. > > > > Turn it around. All these mergers are a result of rats like you > > who don't want to pay for services they demand so the ISPs can't pay their > > bills and go bankrupt and get bought out. You made your own bed. > > > > You might have it "fast", "featureful" (static, stable, whatever), > > and "cheap". PICK TWO! YOU DON'T GET THREE! > > > > Mike > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
