Re: Comcast Cable Setup Security Issue - Follow-up

[jpc <jeempc () sbcglobal net>]

InHisGrip wrote:

> Sorry Tim,
>
> I should have posted this in the group. My
> apologies.....
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I've been following this thread from some time now
> over the past day or two.
>
> Although this question is somewhat not that much
> related to this thread. I was just wondering if some
> of you may have an opinion about my question.
>
> We all know or it is a given fact that most of cable
> providers/ISP's if not all of them have TOS about
> restricting their clients from hosting their own
> website by blocking inbound and outbound connections
> on port 80. Same goes with port 25 for smtp.
>
> Where there is a workaround this limitation, by
> assigning the service blocked  for instance http on a
> different non standard port, is there a way that your
> cable provider can find out that you are violating the
> agreed TOS which will eventually terminate your
> contract agreement thereby no more service?
>
> Isn't this TOS a little bit geared towards getting
> more profit? Considering most of us cable users are
> deprived from hosting our own site? Given the fact
> that their intention of cable provider is to protect
> other customers from being affected by uncessary spam
> and bandwidth hogging of hosted sites with cable
> service not to mention the spread of viruses all
> around. 
>
> What about the people who wanted to host their own
> sites which gets few hits in a day? And what about the
> costs about paying extra money for web hosting service
> and alike. Is this some kind of a monopoly here or
> what? No wonder some customers are switching to DSL
> which has more lenient TOS'es. 
>
> My views and opinions may be wrong here so I am asking
> any feedback as well as observation about this matter.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> InHisGrip,
> Servie
>
>
>
>
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And on that note:
It seems that the DSL service in my area is less strict than the cable 
providers in my area.
Is is a competition thing?
I have avoided using cable for security reasons. Is it correct that DSL 
is PPP and with cable you are sharing the bandwidth with all your neighbors?
Just curious.
Jeem


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