comcast does it again Port 25

[Ben Scott]

DISCLAIMER: I speak only for myself.

  I was going to stay away from this aspect of this thread, but
apparently some people cannot get a simple concept through their head,
despite having it explained to them, at length, by several people, on
several occasions.  I've become tired of it.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:46 PM,  <VirginSnow at vfemail.net> wrote:
>  Alternatively, they could just adopt net neutrality as company policy.

  Right, and then we'll remove the locks from your home and your car,
because that's a good idea, too.  For that matter, if I start DoS'ing
you from my Comcast feed, that shouldn't be blocked, either.  After
all, that's not neutral, either.

  Controlling outbound TCP/25 is slowing becoming a standard practice
on big ISPs, because something like 80% of spam comes from compromised
PCs acting as botnet zombies.  And spam's a big problem.  There are
all sorts of solutions, all of which have significant costs and only
marginal global effectiveness.

  If you want to host services -- which only a tiny, tiny fraction of
Comcast's customers do -- pony up the extra money they charge to allow
you to become their problem.  Or find a better ISP.  Or start your own
ISP.  Since you seem to know all about how to run an ISP, I expect
that will be no problem for you.  But stop fsking whining that the
world wasn't built to suit your personal whim.  It's not your network,
and you don't get to tell others how to run their network, any more
than you can tell me how to run mine, or I can tell you how to run
yours.

-- Ben