It was not that long ago that ComCast purchased the AT&T cable Internet business in Detroit, and clipped the ability to carry a VPN signal unless business accounts paid extra VPN Circuit Fee. Residential customers had to move to a business level of service if they wanted the VPN option. I was told by a Tech Rep it was done to reduce bandwidth consumption due to VPN signals. Greedy Bastards.
Anyway, Comcast not supporting the Cisco unit likely has more to do with them not selling Cisco equipment, and needing to remove VPN signal blocking, as opposed to the Cisco itself having a problem. I say again, Greed Bastards! Nothing like being trapped like a rat, eh? Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James E Harvey > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] Firewall advice > > > Our previous ISP (Blazenet) was bought by Comcast. > > Blazenet required that we purchase a cisco pix firewall 506E as > part of our > package, but it was fully managed by Blazenet. We didn't even have the > username/password. > > Now, Comcast says they will not support the Cisco 506E firewall which was > installed by Blazenet. > > We finally got the username/password from Comcast, and they have > offered to > replace the Cisco with either a Netgear or SMC gateway. > > Should I be concerned? > > > James E Harvey > Corresponding Officer/M.I.S. > bus: 717-637-8931 > fax: 717-637-6766 > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
