Connectivity woes in Boston

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Same here. I run sshd, httpd (currently serving a SuSE default page 
since I blew away my original source), and a mail server. 
What they are really concerned about is those servers that can be used 
by others, such as and IRC server. 
On 3 Aug 2001, at 14:20, Duane Morin wrote:

> I think their primary concern re: servers is traffic generated by
> commercial ventures (and them wanting to charge you an extra arm and a
> leg).  if you're still going to receive the same volume of mail, and
> it's
> just that you're going to direct it straight to your box instead of
> through theirs, I bet they never even notice.  I suspect there's lots
> and
> lots of AT&T customers who are banking on that.
> 
> After all, what constitutes a "server" if you really want to get
> technical?  I want to connect to my home machine from work, so I run an
> ssh daemon.  Am I now an ssh server?  I'm the only client, so it's not
> like I've got a dozen people sharing the line or something.  If I'm
> running Apache primarily because httpd starts up by default, am I a web
> server that should get taken down by them?
> 
>  Duane
> 
>  On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, John J
> Boland wrote:
> 
> > oh, woe is me!
> >
> > tiac.net/inter.net is changing over to new access numbers and i no
> longer get
> > my static address, which was part of my premium service, i get a
> dynamic
> > address now.  i haven't been all that happy with the service over the
> last
> > several months (slowww downloads, several retries to connect).
> >
> > so, i've been looking at high-speed internet access options in the
> city
> > of Boston: DSL and cable modems.
> > Unfortunately, i'm 500 feet too far from my CO for DSL.
> > Cablevision of Boston had struck up a deal with @home for cable-based
> > internet service.  Since at&t took over, they haven't changed the deal
> with
> > @home and that appears to be the only service i can get. the aup from
> @home
> > is very restrictive, no servers of any kind.  the one guy i managed to
> find in
> > customer service, who knew anything about anything, gave me the
> impression
> > that they monitored connections/usage and would terminate the account
> of
> > any suspected servers and that @home was geared more towards basic web
> surfing
> > and their email service. so, i wouldn't be able to set up my own mail
> or web
> > server.
> >
> > so, i guess i've got two questions:
> > 1) are there any other high-speed options available in the city of
> Boston?
> > 2) should i just ignore the aup and setup my own servers?
> >
> > tia...
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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