On August 27, 2004 10:28 am, Kevin Anderson wrote: > I've never had a problem with Shaw yet. > > Just make sure you tell Telus AND SHAW why you're switching...
'AND SHAW' ... good point :) > > Kev. > > On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:37, Tomas Florian wrote: > > Over the last month I have been noticing slow but sure degradation of my > > internet service. I have two Linux boxe hosted outside of my home. They > > are SMTP servers so they use port 25 and strangely enough one day I > > noticed that I could not get into it from home. The connection always > > timed out. I thought it was down, I thought my firewall on the other side > > was messed, but whenever I tried to connect to it from non Telus ISP it > > worked. I thought coincidence, something must be wrong with my firewall > > and I kept digging (and putting the problem off until I had more ideas). > > Today I was trying to setup some temporary web server and mail server at > > home. Punching NAT forwarding in my Monowall router did not work, I tried > > it left and right, up and down . no luck. I tcpdumped the thing until it > > could not dump no more. I upgraded everything I could.. I reset > > everything I could. And then it finally clicked in: "It's as if there is > > a firewall on the Telus network" and then I though to my self . "Firewall > > on an ISP? No? It could not be . That is just .. well .. retarded!!" I > > actually gave up on this idea of a firewall were it not for some angel > > who somehow googled me into this thread: > > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,10921793~mode=flat > > > > Finally proof of the impossible. > > > > You guys probably already know all this "news". But as you can imagine > > I'm in shock :`-( . > > > > I feel as if Telus cut of my right testicle. > > > > My lucky ports are gone: > > 25 > > 80 > > 110 > > > > And those are the only ones that I do know about, I can't even begin to > > imagine what else they are blocking that I don't even know. > > > > So what do I do now? What did you guys do? > > > > I was thinking of VPNing my whole infrastructure and keep it out of > > Telus's dirty hands but I'm so so afraid that they will block the VPN too > > . they got me . :`-( > > > > .. ooh shit . I just had a bad though . my SSH? Will that be gone too? > > I feel like I'm at my high school computer lab . everything blocked off . > > it's making me claustrophobic. > > > > Ok I'm going crazy here . better stop :-P LOL > > > > Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . smiling > > collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners Happy thoughts of bits zooming unhindered through the wires . > > smiling collision free . switched . routed arriving happily in their cozy > > listeners > > > > You don't realize how much you love something until it's taken away from > > you .. slowly .. you adapt . you think that it is all in your head . you > > adapt some more and next you realize that it is all gone. It's like > > some drama/horror movie. > > > > Ahh . very therapeutic LOL . :-P. tommorow's therapy will involve a > > telephone call to Telus on this topic > > > > Sorry for all this venting . and thanks for not blocking my email (or we > > don't know yet, until I hit the send button) > > > > Tomas > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
