BTW: I work for excite@Home, and just wanted to let you know that the pricing
and service levels and such are set by the cable partners, not by us.
B
> hi,
>
> actually those rules are very regional. In Rochester it is not against the
> AUP to run web servers, ftp, game servers ... etc. That is of course,
> assuming you are not doing anything illegal. If you are taking up to much
> bandwidth, they will throttle your modem. Period. (having worked there, i
> know how they operate)
>
> but i did look up the business rates (when i worked there they hadnt started
> offering business service yet) and they wanted roughly $700 a month for the
> same service i get now. sorry, that i will not do.
>
>
> brian
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> That was one of the reasons given, which I and many other RR people think is
> bogus.
>
> It is illegal for non-business account users to use servers of any kind and
> if they find out you are (hardly a difficult task), they will terminate your
> service. It's in the terms and conditions.
>
> The real reason...It's down to money folks.
>
> Basic service is $49.95p/m, $39.95p/m if you have their cable service.
>
> To open up the mail server port 25, they will charge you an extra $79.95p/m.
> Want to run a mail, web & ftp server, it's an extra $249.95p/m.
>
> In fact, I'm looking into DSL to run some stuff, which I'll mention on some
> of Dan's lists, once I put on my firesuit and anchor the chains down :-)
>
> Regards...Martin
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> A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
> -- Napoleon Bonaparte, "Maxims" 1804-1815
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>
>
> Regards...Martin
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> After I run your program, let's make love like crazed weasels, OK?
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