--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Edmund Cramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The phone company is also very willing to sell you a T1 line. Most > contracts these days are dynamic - the contractor retains the right to > change it at any time and this seems to be what COX have done. The Truly if you need to run servers, commercial cable, SDSL, and T1 are your options. Of course you're starting at about $100/month at that point. (I'm not sure what you can get frame relay T1 for these days) > COX/@HOME service was always aimed at "home" users who, for the most > part, used their connection for browsing the net and email when the > service was introduced. P2P and web/ftp/chat servers were rare when > the original @HOME service was introduced and they were quite clear in > their terms that this was not for commercial use. So I don't see a > big problem with COX attempting to reign in the major bandwidth hogs > by blocking ports - it's really the only option, given the network > design. Nah. they could track utilization and provide subscribers a way to view stats. They could then set some usage guidelines and overage pricing=20 structures.=20=20 I can think of dozens of 'servers' which don't comply with the AUP but are clearly not commercial. example: I stream music (at a very low 56k= pbs) and the stream is password protected and firewalled so only I listen to it. yet clearly this is a technical violation of AUP. > If you don't like the COX service then you are free to sign up with a > phone company. ADSL (which limits the upload speed by design) seems > to be a less restrictive environment simply because the potential for > server abuse is lower. Can you clarify what you mean here. =2D-=20 Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=3D7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+iZ9K8CR9pgvHlOURArfKAKCDcSJ0NDbEDqGdmuZYq3KqHksc4wCfYLjN Uur3y63eXO7J+gvz5STZRv4= =jlDK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
