John, There is a package avaliable to be able to run a server at home, it's called business class service. :)
I agree the definition of a server is getting harder to define, but wouldn't you agree that maybe ISP's are keeping the AUP broad enough with just 'server' so that they may, at any time, have the discretion to disconnect anyone? Any maybe you think the businesses want our business, but I've HAD a BellSouth *Supervisor* tell me that my one account didn't make a difference, they could care less if I went to Cox. JWP On 5/3/05, John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I second what Ray said concerning ISPs should be > wanting to keep our business as opposed to its > customers living in fear of violating some badly > written AUP. > > Besides, what constitutes a server nowdays is getting > hard to define. Anyone who participates in a P2P > network is running a server. When you host an on-line > game like HalfLife2, you are running a server, etc, > etc. It should instead come down to paying for > bandwidth used. Since most broadband users have static > IPs or at least static MAC addresses, I can't imagine > it would be that difficult to keep track of bandwidth > used on a per customer basis. > > I imagine there are people out there that would pay a > bit more per month to run a server at home. > > My .02 cents. > > John > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
