Comcast now blocking port 80

[Matt Galster]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:32:29 -0500, Steve Seremeth
<blu_discuss at seremeth.com> wrote:
> Bill Horne wrote:
> 
> > It's official: Comcast support has confirmed that they're blocking
> > port 80 request going "outbound" (to their customers).
> >
> > To solve the problem, those of you running Apache can visit
> > http://www.dyndns.org. They'll let you use up to five forwarding
> > addresses for free, and they include port translation.
> >
> It hasn't happened in my neighborhood yet, although I suppose it's just
> a matter of time.  I wish Verizon would hurry up and roll out their
> "Fios" (i.e. Fiber to the Premises) service already.  They've been
> taunting me -- the fiber has been on the pole just in front of my house
> for about a year, and supposedly Reading, where I live, is supposed to
> be one of the first towns getting the service.  15 Mbps down/2 Mbps Up.
> Should be sweet if they're even close.
> 
> Steve
> 


No troubles in Lowell yet, either.

MEG