Government funded Internet? I'm not even sure that's an applicable term anymore, even ignoring the handover in the 90's. Wait, was it the 90's? GOOD LORD I HAVE NO MEMORY.
-- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration Brad Bendily wrote: > On 9/23/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: >> In clear, technical terms: Why? >> > Will, > Are you saying that because Cox is providing us (the public) access to > the governmentally funded internet that they can't or shouldn't do > what they want within their own network? Cox is a business just like > any other, they are trying to make a buck and please most of their > customers. If blocking port 25 outbound saves even 10-20% of spam, > when there are 1-2 millions messages a day? hour? minute? then 10-20% > is a rather significant number. > > At any rate, if you have the money, knowledge and/or means to create > your own ISP and serve customers you're welcome to do so, and I won't > try to tell you how to run your network no matter how fundamentally > different my view might be from yours. > > Would you tell Ford how to build a car because they provide you a > means to use the governmentally funded highways? Well, you might, but > I doubt you would get very far there either. > > I'm with you about freedom and choices, I agree with that, but I don't > think what Cox is doing, port blocking, is a move to block freedom and > choices. You can host your own server at a multitude of different > locations around the world and run any service you want, just because > Cox doesn't let you do this from your house isn't necessarily holding > you back. > > This discussion should be on the political list, but at least it's a > discussion, we haven't seen many of those lately. > bb > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
