Comcast now blocking port 80

[jerry miu]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Seremeth" <blu_discuss at seremeth.com>
To: "Bill Horne" <bill at horne.net>
Cc: "BLU Discussion List" <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Comcast now blocking port 80


> 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
>

This was in the Globe today:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/01/19/verizon_to_roll_out_super_fast_net_access/

Looks like Reading is on the list.

Jerry