At least they are only blocking MS-centric ports. It sounds like they
also are prone to not blocking ports.

ASh

brian wrote:
> 
> On Monday 15 September 2003 01:30 pm, Ashley Oviatt wrote:
> > Hey, on that SP Fork internet, do they block ports?
> >
> > Ashley
> 
> snip-
> yes they just started see this page for more info
> 
> >http://www.sfcn.org/sfcn/tech/techpage3.htm
> 
> "FYI �| Because of this virus and warnings of others we have blocked all TCP
> traffic on ports 135, 136, 137, 138, and 445.  As much as we hate to block
> ports for the entire system, we felt it was necessary in these cases.  These
> are the ONLY ports we currently block and I will list any additional ports we
> block in these tech pages."
> 
> and from page 2
> 
> " We tried to triple our Internet bandwidth this week but our provider had
> technical issues and we had to backoff the upgrade (read delay).  We will
> attempt the upgrade again soon.  This upgrade should greatly improve your
> cable modem performance.  After it has been completed and we’ve had a couple
> of days to test we should be able to increase the maximum speed limit of all
> cable modems to 3 mbps download and 1 mbps upload."
> 
> but for $35 a month who's to complain.. and if you subscribe to their
> basic/expanded cable they will sell the cable modem service for $28 a month.
> 
> Now if only I could get xmission as the isp through sfcn's cable modem I would
> be most pleased.
> 
> Brian
> 
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