[GRLUG] Comcast and blocking port 25 delivery

[Don Wood]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Folkert
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:22 AM
> To: grlug at grlug.org
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Comcast and blocking port 25 delivery
> 
> On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 08:46 -0500, Joe Vanderstelt wrote:
> > > My opinion:  I'm glad they're blocking it.  It's about time.
> >
> >  Charter does the the same thing (I believe they block ever port
> under
> > 1024)
> >
> > I would agree that having the filter on by default is good, if there
> > was a way to opt out of the filtering.
> >
> > Also I think last time I checked the comcast terms of service said
> you
> > could not run a server on the connection. When I asked them what they
> > considered a server they really didn't give me and answer.
> 
> I'm *NOT* running a server. I cannot get anything delivered to my
> machine, At home.
> 
> Comcast is also resetting my (numerous) SSH Sessions every once in a
> while. They also are profiling my data stream, I am flagged as a
> "HEAVY"
> user. Even though I have paid for "Comcast BLAST" I am getting singled
> out as I was told I came close the limit.
> 
> I did *ZERO* non-work related traffic. This includes... E-Mail, Doc
> sharing etc (through google apps), SSH Sessions, SCP transfers, VPN
> connections and just plain browsing to out front end app.
> 
> And one DVD for my new computer to install a new Linux distro...
> 
> And daily updates and downloads for my iMac, my laptop (Debian), my
> workstation (Debian) and my server (Debian).
> 
> They are ticking me off even more.
> --

Comcast's heavy handedness puts them in my doghouse for sure but if I want
anything close to what they provide in my area I'm stuck. So much for the
FAA and the government protecting against monopolies.