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Re: Friday Hosing


From: Jeff Walter <jwalter () opendns com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:52:36 -0700

On 7/17/13 1:59 PM, Alex Harrowell wrote:
On 15/07/13 01:09, Tony Patti wrote:
TWELVE years ago (press release March 20 2001), Comcast deployed
Linux-based
Sun Cobalt Qube appliances as CPE with their business-class Internet
service,
these provided firewall security, web caching, optional content
filtering,
an e-mail server, a web server, file and print servers.

This is a good idea
At the time it may have been the "best" option, but that doesn't make it
a good idea. I can't even begin to comprehend the number of support
calls generated by providing CPE with those functions.

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Jeff Walter

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