[ale] blocked domains

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 08:53 -0500, Adrin wrote:
> Not always true that they block coputers.  They let you use it for a few
> weeks and then cut you off.  
> 
> More interesting to me is why they would block a outside hosting domain?
> I have not had problems with Bellsouth, but I could not get speakeasy or
> speedfactory DSL.  I really don't see how blocking ports help.  And I
> say this because they block the ports at the border not on the internal
> network from what I can tell.  And this seems to be same for comcast.
> So you can spam/scan or be spammed/scanned for your fellow subscribers
> on the same WAN subnet. 
> 

It's because they really don't care about their subscribers. They only
care about the other business they connect with. Those other businesses
can block access to all email _from_ bellsouth or comcast sources so the
least expensive place to block is at the perimeter.

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James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC        
770-493-8244                    
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