30 Jun
2004
30 Jun
'04
6:30 a.m.
I talked to a salesman a while back and he was going to "give me a deal" on
business class since I had been a customer for so long, with a static IP,
for $79.99 per month with 1.5+mbps download and 1.5mbps upload, more
guaranteed bandwidth if I wanted to pay more I'll have to run some tests to
see what the upload speed currently is. The last time I checked, it varied
anywhere from ~400k to over 2mbps. The salesman calls me periodically to
see if I'm ready to upgrade, but I haven't done so yet.
My ISP's Acceptable Use Policy does not explicitly prohibit running web /
ftp / mail servers and there is no mention of anything like this in their
"policy". The only questionable item that I might have (which agrees with
what the folks at the ISP's office said) is this bullet item on the
"Operator Acceptable Use Policy":
* The ISP Service may not be used to engage in any conduct that interferes
with Operator's ability to provide service to others, including the use of
excessive bandwidth.
I've been running small scale web / ftp / mail servers with this ISP since
1997 or 1998 and have never been scolded yet, except for once when I was
learning how to set up a mail server and I forgot to turn off SMTP relaying.
Someone started relaying porn spam using my SMTP server and I quickly turned
off relaying wthout proper authentication.
Ashley
----- Original Message -----
From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: RE: bitsavers mirror is up and in sync!
Here "consumer" is $49.95 / month /
computer. Usage of a router is
technically a violation, but is not being enforced. "business" is $279 /
month + $29 / month / additional computer .
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Carder
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:00 PM
>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>> Subject: Re: bitsavers mirror is up and in sync!
>>
>> I've always run small scale web sites, FTP sites, etc., and
>> never had any complaints. I've talked to the local folks
>> at the cable company and they said it wasn't a problem to
>> run small personal sites as long as I didn't suck up all
>> the bandwidth. If I ever start getting lots of people
>> hitting my servers, I can upgrade to business class for
>> about $25 more per month and not get hollered at.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net>
>> To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
>> <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:40 PM
>> Subject: RE: bitsavers mirror is up and in sync!
>>
>>
>> > >>> I won't shoot you... as long as you're not trying to
provide
>> > >>> public content on an asymetric connection like DSL or
>> cable modem.
>> > >>> In that case, your users might if outbound is 128k :)
>> >
>> >
>> > Not only that, but it is a violation of most of the TOS
>> agreements.
>> > The local cable company [Long Island CableVision] just
>> went on a spree
>> shutting
>> > down anyone who had ports 21 [FTP], 80 [HTTP] and a bunch
>> more open!
>> > If
>> the
>> > content appeared to be "business" related, the users were
>> sent a bill
>> > for
>> a
>> > retroactive "commercial" upgrade [this is still being fought!]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>