broadband access

[scott at MIT.EDU (Scott Ehrlich)]

If this helps:

I currently have RCN in Waltham.  I run OpenBSD with sshd and smtp
daemons.  Have yet to have RCN contact me for any reason on said services
running.  No problems overall as of yet (a NAT'ed LAN behind the scenes).

Scott

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Drew Taylor wrote:

> jc at trillian.mit.edu wrote:
> > 
> > --------
> > 
> > |  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.
> > 
> > One of the better (and funnier) stories  about  "tie-in"  sales  from
> > cable companies can be read at:
> >    http://www.geocities.com/flutocracy/cablemodem.htm
> > 
> > This is the story of a woman who ordered cable modem service  without
> > getting  the  cable  TV service, and found herself the defendent in a
> > criminal fraud case as a result.
> 
> I read the story. Pretty scary. At least they finally pulled their heads
> out of their butt...
> 
> > |  Hope this helps, I like RCN.
> > 
> > It's useful to hear both good and bad stories.  Keep 'em coming ...
> 
> > One of the very real problems with Mediaone's "no servers" policy was
> > that  they objected to my running telnetd and sshd.  Several people I
> > talked to made it clear that their service was only for running a web
> > browser,  and  any other use was at best a violation of their service
> > contract.  I'd like my home machine to be accessible from the Net, so
> > that  I  can occasionally grab programs and copy them to a machine at
> > work.  This is clearly outside Mediaone's model of what the  Internet
> > is for, and with only a dial-out connection, it isn't possible.  It's
> > also impossible if you can't (legally) run a server like sshd.
> 
> I am also concerned about this. I'm kind of leaning towards MediaOne,
> but I don't want to have my service TOS'ed because I want to SSH into my
> home network! My biggest question is: how actively do they look for
> servers? I don't want to have to switch cable providers in a month or
> two. But on the other hand, MediaOne/AT&T has a free installation
> special... so it won't cost me any money to try.
> 
> And now for an off-topic question: when replying to mailing lists, is
> replying only to the list (vs. "Reply All") the "polite" thing to do? I
> know it kind of bugs me to have multiple copies in my mailbox, but it is
> a small thing. Is there a FAQ somewhere on this topic?
> 
> -- 
> Drew Taylor
> Vialogix Communications, Inc.
> 501 N. College Street
> Charlotte, NC 28202
> 704 370 0550
> http://www.vialogix.com/
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