Home
| Calendar
| Mail Lists
| List Archives
| Desktop SIG
| Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU |
This is the first time I've heard of this. I've had a lan behind a gateway for atleast three months now, nothing's happened to me. I don't have a VPN, so, it doesn't really affect me. You should take that up with RCN yourself :) Anyways. You can choose which stuff you want from RCN. You can get just the cable modem, just the cable tv, just the phone, or cable modem + phone (which is what I have), etc, etc. Hope this helps, I like RCN. - Evan S. | http://sekt7.tripod.com On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 jc at trillian.mit.edu wrote: > -------- > > | The website for RCN is www.rcn.com > | Your IP address will always stay the same if there is some traffic coming > | from your box. That's why I always have IRC running in the background. > | You can get cable TV from RCN. > > Do they still require that you get the TV if you want just the modem > connection? A few months ago, they did. This would be extra. We > currently have a Mediaone cable connection, and the wife would > probably grumble about having to reprogram her three (count 'em) > remote controls and the VCR. OTOH, we had a Medaone cable modem for a > few months last year, and they kicked me off because I was a > "hacker". Actually, they wouldn't tell me anything at all specific > about what they didn't like; they just terminated the service and > said (verbally) that if I didn't like it, I could take them to court. > So I wouldn't mind switching the TV to RCN if they really support > linux ... > > I have kept one bit of email in which the Mediaone folks made it > clear that servers, even email and time servers, are forbidden. It > did strike me as curious that Mediaone objected to my getting my > email delivered directly to my home machine. They insisted that email > had to be delivered to their machine and then picked up from there. > This doubles the packet count and uses space on their disks, so their > motive is a bit of a puzzle. I can't imagine that they ever found > anything in my email that was sufficiently exciting that they wanted > to read it all. But what else could be their motive? And if they > wanted a copy of my email, why didn't they just intercept the traffic > to port 25, so I wouldn't know they were doing it? > > | They allow servers if they're non commercial. > > I bet they'd like you even better if you applied for a commercial > modem connection. ;-) > > | $70 for cable modem, one local phone line, non-listed & non-published > | number. Plus two free options. I have caller id and anonymous call > | blocking. > | > | $120 for EVERYTHING. Cable modem, two phones, and cable tv. > > How much per month? Maybe I should check out their web site again. > > Hmmm ... I just tried, and I've managed to get all of three pages in > 10 minutes. The silly browser sits there for the longest time before > it shows anything at all, and the text appears on the screen a few > chars at a time. It shows a transfer rate of below 100 bytes/sec. I > wonder what the problem is? Other sites seem to work fine. > > I did find the following in their FAQ: > > What Operating Systems do you support? > RCN offers PC support for Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, NT > 3.51 and NT 4.0. Macintosh support is also available for OS 8 and up. > > No mention of linux here. I wonder if their linux "support" is like > Mediaone, who require that you be running Windows when they install > it. My current machine doesn't have Windows. I did have the usual > involuntary Windows installation, but the disk went flakey, and I saw > no reason to waste space on the second disk. > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). > - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups | |
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities. |