Verizon (FiOS) (Off Topic?) I have it!

[Steven W. Orr]

On Thursday, Jan 26th 2006 at 08:47 -0500, quoth Paul Lussier:

=>"Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net> writes:
=>
=>> I am running with RCN and I really can't complain in the slightest.
=>
=>You're the first person I've heard say *that* about RCN.
=>
=>> I get 11Mb/s plus they don't block me from anything. The catch 
=>> is that the won't block outgoing port 25 and incoming port 80 unless you  
=>> pay them an extra $20/month for "static address" service.
=>
=>So, *if* you pay them more, you get less freedom?  That statement
=>seems backwards.  Why would they charge you to block ports?  If I'm
=>paying a higher rate for a static IP, I would expect better service
=>and more freedom.
=>
=>Are you sure it's not the other way around.  If *don't* pay them for a
=>static IP, then they *will* block various ports?

Sorry, I misspoughk. I pay an extra $20/m for the priv of allowing 
incoming 80 and outgoing 25.

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