Re: content regulation, was Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

["John R. Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

> > > > Well, actually, it does.  Every broadband network in the US
> > > > currently blocks outgoing port 25 connections from retail customers.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, that's not entirely true.  (Very) recent direct-to-MX spam
> > > from Comcast customers:
> >
> > Well, it's supposed to be blocked, according to people I've talked to
> > at Comcast and T-W as recently as a week ago.  I can believe that they
> > have configuration problems on a networks of that size.
>
> fairly certain that none of these folk block port 25 on their business
> customer links.

As I said above, retail customers.  Business customers get static IPs and 
generaly no blocking.

R's,
John