Tracy R Reed([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 06:51:22PM -0700: > Todd Walton wrote: > > 1) This sidesteps the issue of "why can't I use my purchased bandwidth > > to run a server if I want to"? and > > Because servers use more bandwidth and require more management from the > network provider. If they allowed servers the majority of them would be > insecure Windows boxes that would get worms and eat up their bandwidth > and cause support calls which all costs money. If you want to run a > server go with a business grade service. You can be sure that when FIOS > comes along they will provide one. I have Cox Business service at my > home and I am fairly happy with it. I don't go to the regular tech > support queue and actually get people who seem to have a clue on the > phone fairly quickly. >
What if you *don't* wan't to run a server with a business grade service? If you paid for the bandwidth, then it doesn't matter what port it is to/from - you have paid for it. I have no qualms with them controlling costs by saying that they refuse to provide support for hobbyists' servers. If they shut down the network connection to infected/infested hosts, then they solve that waste of bandwidth. My take is that some (maybe most) ISPs are over-selling the "upsteam" bandwidth. They want to tell their naive customers that they have 2mbps upstream knowing that the average user won't utilize it. Then they sell the same bandwidth again to the person who buys web hosting from them. I don't have a problem with ISPs trying to manage the bandwidth effectively for profit. Still, it stinks the same way it did when some of the dial-up ISPs had such a poor subscriber to modem ratio. That kind of strategy makes sense to a point, but taking it too far amounts to a disregard for the customer. > > 2) That's still a hell of a lot more expensive than even the best of > > consumer level Internet service. > > Yep. You get a lot more too. "Premium" or "Business" grade services are fine, and should provide better support and reliability than the non-commercial service. I think you missed the point. If Joe Consumer is told that he is paying for 2mbps (or whatever) upstream bandwidth, then Joe shouldn't be crippled in his ability to use what he bought, with the only other option being to pay through the nose for "a lot more" than what he needed or wanted (and had supposedly paid for already, anyway). Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
