Verizon (FiOS) (Off Topic?)

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:35:03PM -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> But I digress - if you cannot run any type of server, they're banning 
> FTP, X, SIP, all P2P apps, NTP, Instant Messengers, video conferencing 
> - need we go on?  Who would want to buy that?

It's not much of an option. Almost every ISP out there has those kind of
limits: Comcast, Verizon DSL, etc.

The two options that I've heard of that don't have this limitation are:

 * Speakeasy
 * MV Communications.

So, it doesn't really matter who would *want* to buy that - 90% of
consumers buy it, whether they want to or not. Some of them knowingly
buy it, aware they won't need those features. Some of them buy it, then
ignore or avoid the restrictions. 

But almost no one pays the extra (Speakeasy comes at a premium over
Verizon DSL, at least down in Cambridge) to be able to run servers
unless they're a higher end user or like to support The Cause. (I choose
to run an open Wireless network, something which only Speakeasy's ToS
allows me to do.)

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer