[ale] I think BS is blocking ports now.

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Ditto on ISP change time. The big ones are leaning hard on squashing
> hobby uses of TCP/IP traffic. Unless you are a clueless consumer srfing
> web and getting your email from your ISP _only_ it appears they don't
> want you.
> 
> So oblige them with the removal of your monthly funds and spend your
> cash with an ISP that _likes_ it's customers. I've heard fromt he group
> that Atlantix Nexxus is good. I've had excellent support and service
> from Speakeasy for years.
> 
	This is all well and good provided you're not being serviced by a
remote DSLAM that BS/ATT doesn't have to provide resellers access to...
I'd be rid of them in a heartbeat if I had any other option... And
moving to Comcast isn't any more welcoming of an option but the only
other one available.

> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com
> <mailto:ale at pcartwright.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri December 4 2009, Jim Lynch wrote:
>     > I have some "special" services on my home system that are mapped to
>     > higher (4 digit) addresses.  All of a sudden, some of them aren't
>     > working any longer.
> 
>     time for an ISP change?
>     Atlantic Nexus comes to mind...good, friendly, reliable, local phone
>     call tech
>     support, they even answer emails!
> 
>     --
>     Paul Cartwright
>     Registered Linux user # 367800
>     Registered Ubuntu User #12459
> 
> -- 
> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
> Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness        
> 


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