servers [T20000919006H] (fwd)

[jc at trillian.mit.edu]

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|  	Generally, it is not permitted, due to bandwidth concerns.  However,
|  you are free to run such a server if you wish, although we cannot offer
|  technical support for it.  Please be forewarned that we do not at this
|  time offer static IP addresses for cable modem accounts (although such a
|  feature is coming), and therefore the cable modem's IP address may
|  change if needed by the network administrators.
|  	Thank you very much.
|  
|  Milhouse
|  RCN Customer Service


One of the things that Mediaone  did  (last  year  anyway)  that  RCN
didn't was to provide a DNS name. Your machine would have a name like
foo.ne.mediaone.com.  If they  changed  the  address,  you  would  be
inaccessible  for  the couple of hours that it took for the change to
make its way around the DNS system.  Last I heard, a machine on RCN's
cable  service  was  only  accessible  via  IP address (or via a FQDN
derived from the IP address), and a  real  hostname  was  a  somewhat
expensive extra charge.  What's the story now?

Things like this are an obvious way for a company to charge extra for
what  you  may have thought was a part of "Internet service".  If you
don't hear about it from them, you should probably assume  that  they
don't provide it, or charge extra once you realize that you need it.

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